Sentences with phrase «on high moral ground»

Do you think if we did this that they would bury us on the high moral ground?

The publications that stood on high moral ground still made generous use of the word «paradise.»

And, of course, the commentators set themselves on a high moral ground.

That is why atheism is on a higher moral ground, we understand that WE are responsible for any act, be it kindness or evil, that we perpetrate.

I've got a brand new hybrid auto, while Jeff drives an SUV I'm on the higher moral ground, Jeff must be in the tea par - tee

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China can not claim the moral high ground on trade matters; in fact, there is a strong case to be made that American voters» resentment of China's unfair trade practices is what put Trump in the White House in the first place.

The tariffs, rather than checking the country's ambitions, will likely increase its confidence on the global stage, allowing Beijing to claim the moral high ground as a supporter of multilateral, open trade.

I am a Christian but I call bs on those pompous, self - righteous so called Christians that claim any sort of moral or historic «high ground»

You, scot, «truth «follower, all inhabit the same rarified air of your own making — a supposed moral high ground pedestal on which you've placed yourselves.

How many Newts pervade the GOP who disgustingly take the moral high ground by campaigning on «family values» then turn around and abandon a wife with cancer?

I, however, claim no moral high ground based on my beliefs, nor do I claim a changed life from being «born again».

So you self - righteously declare yourself on the moral high - ground on the basis of a lie.

Illegal - immigrant - exploiting self has some moral high ground to stand on??! His ego has surpassed the size of his ignorance.

I believe that, if we leave Iraq and our other imperial enclaves, we can regain the moral high ground and disavow the need for a foreign policy based on preventive war.

The law is where people run for shelter when they aren't safe on the moral high ground.

The only party in this who has a high moral ground to stand on are the team and their non-Jewish coach, who knew what is really important in living a moral life.

You see, you can't stand on moral high ground when you have NAMBLA marching with you in your «Pride Parade».

«You can't stand on moral high ground when HIV infected gay men are under no legal obligation to warn their «partners» and acquaintances that they harbor and can easily transmit the disease through filthy and disgusting acts of depravity that would make a sailor blush.»

The sad thing is, the only moral high - ground these fundie idiots have to stand on is their unshakeable belief that the way they live and believe is «right,» «moral,» «godly,» and «good.»

Glenda is the classic example of hateful Christians with blinders on who think they have the moral high ground which to cast judgement.

And how are things up there on the moral high ground?

Although many will suggest that Robson has a personal vendetta of sorts aimed squarely at the Grinch who stole soccer, that doesn't make his words any less truthful... such tactics are nothing new... in the U.S.this business practice has become so common that even the players regularly use the media to manipulate public opinion (LeBron James did likewise to rally public support for himself and away from his teammate, Kyrie Irving, who has asked to be traded)... whether for contract leverage or to rally support for or against certain players, this strategy can be incredibly effective at times, but when it misses the mark it can be dangerously divisive... for a close - to - the - vest team like Arsenal to use such nefarious means to manufacture a wedge between the fans and it's best player (again), is absolutely despicable... for the sanctimonious higher - ups who demand that it's players adhere to a certain protocol regarding information deemed «in house» or else to intentionally spread «fake» news or to provide certain outlets with privileged information for such purposes is pretty low indeed... no moral high ground here, just a big club pretending to be a small club so that they can continue to pull the wool over the eyes of a dedicated, albeit somewhat naive, fan base... so not only does this club no give a shit about it's fans, this clearly shows that clubs primary interests aren't even soccer related... for all intent and purposes Kroenke doesn't care if we're a soccer club or a tampon factory as long as we continue to maximized his investment... stay woke people... great to see more and more people commenting on the state of the franchise... this club needs to be held accountable for it's actions

He wants to stand on his soap - box and preach, then lose repeatedly & complain, then claim some imaginary moral - high - ground that doesn't exist anywhere outside his own head.

We never committed to one single particular book on sleep habits either — like you, I was somewhat overwhelmed by all the choices (and the LENGTH, I mean, if my kid isn't sleeping, I probably don't have the time, energy or focus to devote to a 700 - page tome ABOUT SLEEPING), and found that too many authors turned sleep into a moral high ground.

Tomasi tries to deflect worries about capitalism in practice by claiming the high ground of ideal theory: the philosophical choice between free market fairness and its alternatives ultimately rests not on empirical and feasibility concerns, but rather on which vision of justice is most compelling at a moral level.

And not because they have any superior wisdom or the moral high ground — everybody has moral views — but they can give a faith perspective and bring that to bear on their work.

Seeking to claim the moral high ground in his ongoing battle with the Senate Republicans over the renewal of mayoral control, de Blasio skipped a second hearing on the subject held by the conference in Manhattan.

Walking a perilous path above the rocks of mockery, he reaches for the highest redoubt on the moral high ground in search of justification for his party's existence.

«On the one hand claiming a moral high ground to get «outside money» out of politics, yet spending $ 40,000 in support of a candidate using said outside money.

We are very hopeful we can make our case to the public and convince them we are on the moral high ground,» said Josefina Salazar, a founding member of the group and 20 - year resident of East Harlem.

«I believe that this time around our people have seen through it and we would embark on the right steps to regain our moral high ground.

The moral high ground that we have abandoned and on which the new leader [Nana Akufo Addo) is now standing.»

By engaging in this waiver gambit, the Obama administration has lost plenty of high moral and intellectual ground on the reform front — and has weakened reform efforts for at least a decade.

I was slightly taken aback about this initially, but her point — that focusing on the moral high ground as leaders in the teaching profession will only yield limited outcomes (as most of us are already there)-- seems fair.

By not holding the Obama administration's feet to the fire on the waivers, reformers have ceded plenty of moral and intellectual high ground, essentially promoting the very soft bigotry of low expectations that they declare they oppose.

Assuming what people thinks makes any difference — I've seen estimates that this thing may have cost Amazon something like 5 - 10 % of book sales among certain demographics who don't like what Amazon is doing, which is not nothing, if not exactly crippling — if Hachette is standing on the «we care about authors» moral high ground, Amazon is pretty much duty bound to point out why they are the ones who should be viewed as the Author's Friend.

Yes, I agree it's not genuine growth, it is an asset bubble etc etc, doesn't help much though when you look at poor returns at the end of a year and realise that the doom - and - gloom picture was being wilfully ignored by those who rode the indices (perhaps in blissful ignorance) to huge profits while other saps spend time arguing about getting the economics dead right, and end up on the moral high ground but no returns to show for it.

But honestly, we wanted to be pampered on this trip, and I'm not sure that Kuta Beach has the moral high ground.

I'd met occasional resistance from both of them in personal studio crits but nothing I couldn't handle, I knew how to argue for an ideal beauty, I knew how to argue against how stupid and wrong minimalism and conceptual art were, I had moral high ground to stand on.

So, while we can certainly criticize them for their pollution, we Americans by no means own the moral high ground on this issue (either).

Environment groups that have supported the wind industry and taken their thirty pieces of silver, «health professionals» who have no expertise in acoustics and no interest in faraway rural communities, but do have an overblown interest in climate health effects, have jumped on the wind energy bandwagon eager to claim the high moral ground despite the human collateral damage.

You had the high moral ground and you did not concede one molecule of it to Mandia's obvious lack of credible position on the ethics of science.

MikeB, The repeated personal moral failings of those who claim the moral high ground on environmentalist grounds... they make the hypocritical greens look silly.

Monbiot's claim on the moral high ground is precarious enough, and to remain there he has to turn logistical somersaults to claim to represent the public interest whilst denying the fact that the public know their own interest.

Thanks for giving us an opportunity to be proactive and Thank You for taking the moral high ground on behalf of Science and Reason in the debate, which has been reduced to a sophomoric diatribe.

What people like me didn't like was people like you taking the moral high ground, on slender evidence at best, and insisting that everyone should change their lifestyles — because you are right.

Basing Agenda 21 on climate and the environment gave them the moral high ground, which they used to control and centralize power.

If the large energy companies want to regain the moral high ground, they should adopt these two statements as their policies on climate and energy.

Rather than the moral high ground they are trying to occupy, their motives are suspect, and border on unethical.

But each had the same characteristics as the intellectual - property revolt going on right now: an economically powerful social class with the law solidly on its side; increased enforcement accompanied by increased resistance from an identifiable group claiming the moral high ground; and, ultimately, a complete and often dramatic reversal.