Sentences with phrase «noble precepts»

But, to return to my initial affirmation, in a world of continuing genocide, torture and hunger, how can it be accurately argued that the noble precepts of the Universal Declaration have made a difference?

It is historically correct to say that Christianity has never been a saving force in civilization when it has been looked upon as a set of noble precepts which men may observe in isolation.

It's a noble precept but not one, I suspect, that many of us are capable of living up to all the time.