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A quotation from Montesquieu

We have said that the laws were the particular and precise institutions of a legislator, and manners and customs the institutions of a nation in general. Hence it follows that when these manners and customs are to be changed, it ought not to be done by laws; this would have too much the air of tyranny: it would be better to change them by introducing other manners and other customs.
 
[Nous avons dit que les loix étoient des institutions particulieres & précises du législateur, & les mœurs & les manieres des institutions de la nation en général. De-là il suit que, lorsque l’on veut changer les mœurs & les manieres, il ne faut pas les changer par les loix ; cela paroîtroit trop tyrannique: il vaut mieux les changer par d’autres mœurs & d’autres manieres.]

Charles-Lewis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu (1689-1755) French political philosopher
Spirit of Laws [The Spirit of the Laws; De l’esprit des lois], Book 19, ch. 14 (1748) [tr. Nugent (1750)]

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Spirit of Laws [The Spirit of the Laws; De l’esprit des lois], Book 19, ch. 14 (1748) [tr. Nugent (1750)] - Montesquieu | WIST Quotations

We have said that the laws were the particular and precise institutions of a legislator, and manners and customs the institutions of a nation in general. Hence it follows that when these manners and customs are to be changed, it ought not to be done by laws; this would have…

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Mores, het steunpunt voor grensoverschrijdend gedrag in de mediasector, kijkt "met verbazing hoe een opdrachtgever met een opdrachtnemer omgaat" als het gaat om de ruzie tussen Jan Slagter en presentator Özcan Akyol. Dat laat Mores-bestuurder Febe Deug maandag weten naar aanleiding van de...

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Mores kijkt 'met verbazing' hoe omroepbaas Slagter met Eus omgaat

Mores, het steunpunt voor grensoverschrijdend gedrag in de mediasector, kijkt "met verbazing hoe een opdrachtgever met een opdrachtnemer omgaat" als het gaat om de ruzie tussen Jan Slagter en presentator Özcan Akyol. Dat laat Mores-bestuurder Febe Deug maandag weten naar aanleiding van de reactie die Eus heeft gedeeld over de kwestie. De presentator en het hele team van zijn programma Sterren op het Doek waren niet op de hoogte dat Slagter de samenwerking zou beëindigen voor de camera van Shownieuws.

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De NPO gaat niets zeggen over de manier waarop Omroep MAX-baas Jan Slagter maandag op televisie de samenwerking met presentator Özcan Akyol opzegde. De publieke omroep doet daarover "geen uitspraken", laat een woordvoerder desgevraagd weten. Ook steunpunt Mores, waar grensoverschrijdend gedrag in de mediasector kan...

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NPO en Mores zwijgen over tv-optreden Jan Slagter

De NPO gaat niets zeggen over de manier waarop Omroep MAX-baas Jan Slagter maandag op televisie de samenwerking met presentator Özcan Akyol opzegde. De publieke omroep doet daarover "geen uitspraken", laat een woordvoerder desgevraagd weten. Ook steunpunt Mores, waar grensoverschrijdend gedrag in de mediasector kan worden gemeld, gaat niet op de zaak in. "Wij reageren nooit op individuele kwesties", zegt een woordvoerder.

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WIST Quotations Has Moved!Jul 22

A quotation from Emerson

There is no virtue which is final; all are initial. The virtues of society are the vices of the saint. The terror of reform is the discovery that we must cast away our virtues, or what we have always esteemed such, into the same pit that has consumed our grosser vices.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) American essayist, lecturer, poet
Essay (1841), “Circles,” Essays: First Series, No. 10

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Essay (1841), "Circles," Essays: First Series, No. 10 - Emerson, Ralph Waldo | WIST Quotations

There is no virtue which is final; all are initial. The virtues of society are the vices of the saint. The terror of reform is the discovery that we must cast away our virtues, or what we have always esteemed such, into the same pit that has consumed our grosser…

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WIST Quotations Has Moved!Jul 22

A quotation from Hannah Arendt

   The total moral collapse of respectable society during the Hitler regime may teach us that under such circumstances those who cherish values and hold fast to moral norms and standards are not reliable: we now know that moral norms and standards can be changed overnight, and that all that then will be left is the mere habit of holding fast to something.
   Much more reliable will be the doubters and skeptics, not because skepticism is good or doubting wholesome, but because they are used to examine things and to make up their own minds.
   Best of all will be those who know only one thing for certain: that whatever else happens, as long as we live we shall have to live together with ourselves.

Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) German-American philosopher, political theorist
Essay (1964-08), “Personal Responsibility Under Dictatorship,” The Listener Magazine

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Essay (1964-08), "Personal Responsibility Under Dictatorship," The Listener Magazine - Arendt, Hannah | WIST Quotations

The total moral collapse of respectable society during the Hitler regime may teach us that under such circumstances those who cherish values and hold fast to moral norms and standards are not reliable: we now know that moral norms and standards can be changed overnight, and that all that then…

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Christine Sætre-esqueJun 22

Pre-Doom remarks for the record: This is one of those things too absurd to be fictionally predicted by dystopian lit and cinema.

Still grappling with this new paradigm where #mores like “lack of qualification” and “corruption” don’t matter.

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Show threadSilkesterApr 5

@alisynthesis @jeffjarvis

As a German I feel with you. I'm removed generations from Nazi Germany — born in the 60s. It is with mixed feelings to get Germany's past thrown in your face every day with the current sins of the US.

But if Germany's past as the ultimate baddies helps prevent some of the atrocities in this world, I'm good with it.

#Fremdschämen #NaziGermany #Mores #CautionaryTales #Humanity #HumanRights #Dignity #Politics #Resistance

WIST Quotations moves again!Dec 23, 2024

A quotation from Martin, Judith:

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When a society abandons its ideals just because most people can’t live up to them, behavior gets very ugly indeed.
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Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/martin-judith/73552/

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Dave MuthDec 6, 2024

ALL our memories entwine. They all involve our mother's heartbeat. They convolve warmth and music and the universe.

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JBRossOct 4, 2024
"The fish never discovers that it lives in the water. In fact, since he lives immersed in it, his life goes by without noticing its existence. Similarly, behavior that is normalized in a dominant cultural setting becomes invisible." — Michel Foucault — — — #MichelFoucault #quote #quotes #environment #culture #habit #normalized #invisible #mores #society #rules