Shocking

Famous quotes containing the word shocking:

    Sometimes all you need to do to win clever people over to a principle is to present it in the form of a shocking paradox.
    Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)

    What is shocking and wrong is not [Lord Devlin’s] idea that the community’s morality counts, but his idea of what counts as the community’s morality.
    Ronald Dworkin (b. 1931)

    A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all.
    Tacitus (c. 55–120)