Richard Hofstadter Quote

It is possible that the distinction between moral relativism and moral absolutism has sometimes been blurred because an excessively consistent practice of either leads to the same practical result — ruthlessness in political life.


Introduction, p. 16 - The Age of Reform: from Bryan to F.D.R. (1955)


It is possible that the distinction between moral relativism and moral absolutism has sometimes been blurred because an excessively consistent...

It is possible that the distinction between moral relativism and moral absolutism has sometimes been blurred because an excessively consistent...

It is possible that the distinction between moral relativism and moral absolutism has sometimes been blurred because an excessively consistent...

It is possible that the distinction between moral relativism and moral absolutism has sometimes been blurred because an excessively consistent...