#hypocrisy

Those who plead their cause in the absence of an opponent can invent to their heart's content, can pontificate without taking into account the opposite point of view and keep the best arguments for themselves, for aggressors are always quick to attack those who have no means of defence. ↗

— Christine de Pizan

#deceit #defenselessness #double-standards #falsehood #hypocrisy

Politeness, n: The most acceptable hypocrisy. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#hypocrisy #most #politeness

Hypocrisy is a value that I think has been embraced by the Republican Party. We get lectured by people all day long about moral values by people who have their own moral shortcomings. ↗

— Howard Dean

#all day #been #day #embraced #get

I will use whatever position I have in order to root out hypocrisy. Democrats have strong moral values. Frankly, my moral values are offended by some of the things I hear on programs like "Rush Limbaugh," and we don't have to put up with that. ↗

— Howard Dean

#frankly #hear #hypocrisy #i #like

There's no hypocrisy in Hell's Kitchen. ↗

— Ethel Waters

#hypocrisy #kitchen

Our fear of hypocrisy is forcing us to live in a world where gluttons are fine, so long as they champion gluttony. ↗

— Jonah Goldberg

#fear #fine #forcing #gluttony #hypocrisy

In England the only homage which they pay to Virtue - is hypocrisy. ↗

— Lord Byron

#homage #hypocrisy #only #pay #virtue

Hypocrisy is the outside of cynicism. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#hypocrisy #outside

The point is that there is tremendous hypocrisy among the Christian right. And I think that Christian voters should start looking at global warming and extreme poverty as a religious issue that speaks to the culture of life. ↗

— Al Franken

#christian #christian right #culture #extreme #extreme poverty

Liberty is the right of every man to be honest, to think and to speak without hypocrisy. ↗

— Jose Marti

#every man #honest #hypocrisy #liberty #man