Reforms will come as all great reforms have always come in ridding us of evils against both man and animal--not as we change our moral principles but as we discern and accept the implications of principles already held.
Are we truly acting from principle and not from interest? Surely it is at least convenient that for us the two coincide.
The Fringes of Power: 10 Downing Street Diaries, 1939-1955
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