Even a purely moral act that has no hope of any immediate and visible political effect can gradually and indirectly, over time, gain in political significance.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I think probably the majority of political actions don't go the way people are going to go. Just because there were unexpected consequences and maybe not the resolution people would have liked to have been seen doesn't mean it was less valid of an action.
The law of unintended consequences pushes us ceaselessly through the years, permitting no pause for perspective.
Politics have no relation to morals.
Vision without power does bring moral elevation but cannot give a lasting culture.
One is called to live nonviolently, even if the change one works for seems impossible.
Every major power always seeks to justify its action on moral grounds. Such behaviour is almost as old as the hills. The west has been a particularly vigorous exponent of this credo; and there is no reason to believe that China, for example, will be any different. But behind the moral rhetoric invariably lies interest and ideology.
If there is one eternal truth of politics, it is that there are always a dozen good reasons for doing nothing.
All moral laws are merely statements that certain kinds of actions will have good effects.
No political event can be judged outside of the era and the circumstances in which it took place.
There is no act of treachery or meanness of which a political party is not capable; for in politics there is no honour.