Double Standard Quotes - Page 5

• Women all live a double standard, but this is actually sort of a beautifully grotesque parody of it. There's a weird kind of joy that I have in seeing [Hillary Clinton] trounce this essence of male bullshit.

  Joss Whedon

  Essence, Bullshit, Joy

  "Joss Whedon Explains Why Donald Trump Is America’s Scariest Big Bad". Interview With Patrick Caldwell, www.motherjones.com. November 1, 2016.

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• The main challenge is what to do in the face of double standards. Those who should be rendered accountable under international criminal law, the Kissingers of this world, enjoy de facto impunity, while those who come from countries that have long been targets of hegemonic abuse are used as poster children of accountability.

  Richard A. Falk

  Country, Children, Law

  Source: www.counterpunch.org

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• Islam is a religion of justice and dignity, and we are taught to never keep silent when facing injustice, discrimination and double standards.

  Tariq Ramadan

  Justice, Islam, Taught

  "Tariq Ramadan: My Absence Would Certainly Be The Most Powerful Speech I Have Ever Given At ISNA". The Islamic Monthly Interview, www.theislamicmonthly.com. August 14, 2014.

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• You dirty, double-crossing rat.

  James Cagney

  Dirty, Rats, Crossings

  Blonde Crazy (motion picture) (1931).

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• What goes for sex goes double for politics.

  Kate Clinton

  Sex

  FaceBook post by Kate Clinton from Feb 15, 2014

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• We went to - I guess it was a legitimate boiler room, and I sat in front of this guy who literally was on the phone with two people at once. They call it double fisting.

  Giovanni Ribisi

  Phones, Two, People

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• Double J is similar in age, we're similar in experience. I think if we hooked up, we could be a formidable team. We get along well inside the ring and outside the ring.

  Owen Hart

  Team, Thinking, Age

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• I've had a dozen people tell me, maybe more, 'What would have happened if Michael Brown had shot and killed Darren Wilson? Do you think he would be free right now? Do you think he would not have been charged by now?' People just see this manifest double-standard in front of them that's coming at the long line of a whole bunch of grievances that have built up over time because of the dynamics of Ferguson and frankly, the dynamics of race in America more broadly.

  Chris Hayes

  Thinking, America, Race

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• The Church has no double standard of morality. The moral code of heaven for both men and women is complete chastity before marriage and full fidelity after marriage.

  Ezra Taft Benson

  Men, Heaven, Church

  Ezra Taft Benson (1988). “The Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson”, Bookcraft Pubs

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• When Congress gets through investigating Attorney General Janet Reno, will her agency become known as the Obstruction of Justice Department? The civil rights movement was one of the great moral crusades in the first half of the twentieth century. Unfortunately, in more recent times it has become all too much like those it opposed, demanding racial double standards and even condoning verbal and violent attacks against members of other races.

  Thomas Sowell

  Agency, Rights, Race

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• It's very clear that there's a lot of double standards going on. Should there be a 30mph speed limit? Of course there bloody should. And certainly with kids and school food, kids need to be nannied for sure. So give them a bloody good meal at school.

  Jamie Oliver

  School, Kids, Giving

  "Jamie Oliver: 'No one understands me. No one'" by Decca Aitkenhead, www.theguardian.com. October 11, 2010.

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• I think it's a very old and deep-seated double standard that holds that when a man writes about family and feelings, it's literature with a capital L, but when a woman considers the same topics, it's romance, or a beach book - in short, it's something unworthy of a serious critic's attention.

  Jennifer Weiner

  Beach, Book, Writing

  "Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Weiner Speak Out On Franzen Feud: HuffPost Exclusive". Interview with Jason Pinter, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 26, 2010.

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• People are constantly applying double standards. Take the United States, for example. Washington wants the whole world to admire the country for its democracy. Then the government sends out its army, in the name of this democracy, and leaves behind the kind of chaos we see in Iraq.

  Jacob Zuma

  Country, Army, Names

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• I'm shocked at the sexism and double standard coming out of the far right.

  Barbara Mikulski

  Standards, Coming Out, Sexism

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• The history of capitalism has been so totally re-written that many people in the rich world do not perceive the historical double standards involved in recommending free trade and free market to developing countries.

  Ha-Joon Chang

  Country, People, Historical

  Ha-Joon Chang (2007). “Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism”, Bloomsbury Press

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• David Irving has consistenly applied an evidential double standard, demanding absolute documentary proof to convict the Germans (as when he sought to show that Hitler was not responsible for the Holocaust), while relying on circumstantial evidence to condemn the British (as in his account of the Allied bombing of Dresden).

  David Cannadine

  Holocaust, Documentaries, Responsible

  David Cannadine (1998). “History in Our Time”, p.224, Yale University Press

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• There appears to be a disturbing trend in this nation to try to force single moms to choose between their children and their careers. If they take their careers seriously, they are labeled as bad mothers. If they spend time with their children, they are labeled as people who can't be serious about careers outside the home. This is a sexist double standard. No such guilt trip is imposed on men, who are generally not forced to choose between their children and their jobs.

  Gloria Allred

  Mom, Mother, Jobs

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• There's this double standard that exists and it really frustrates me. If a woman chooses to work, people say, "Oh it's so sad that you're not at home with your children." But no one ever says that to a man because it's assumed that the man is going to be the provider.

  Diablo Cody

  Children, Home, Men

  "Diablo Cody on New Movie 'Ricki and the Flash,' Secret Netflix Projects, and Defying the Suburbs". Interview with Jen Oritz, www.marieclaire.com. July 20, 2015.

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• An house is of a double nature, viz., one, wherein it is a way and means of expence, the other as it is an instrument and tool of gain.

  William Petty

  Mean, House, Tools

  Sir William Petty (1769). “Tracts, Chiefly Relating to Ireland: Containing: 1. A Treatise of Taxes and Contributions. II. Essays in Political Arithmetic. III. The Political Anatomy of Ireland”, p.26

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• The White House has a choice: They can change course, or they can double down on a vision of government that the American people have roundly rejected.

  Mitch McConnell

  Government, White, People

  "McConnell: GOP Plans To Stop 'Liberal Onslaught'". "All Things Considered" with David Welna, www.npr.org. November 4, 2010.

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• Nevada once again has shown double digit increases in tax revenue... Nevada continues to show economic stability with its desirable business climate and booming tourism sector.

  Kenny Guinn

  Tourism, Climate, Economic

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• I've had lots of replies, we're into the double figures now. And the overall standard is very good. In fact I've been feeling a little guilty, because I haven't replied to anyone yet - it is something I will be doing.

  Peter Banks

  Feelings, Littles, Facts

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• No man pays double or twice for the same thing, forasmuch as nothing can be spent but once.

  William Petty

  Men, Pay

  Sir William Petty (1769). “Tracts; Chiefly Relating to Ireland: Containing: I. A Treatise of Taxes and Contributions. II. Essays in Political Arithmetic. III. The Political Anatomy of Ireland. By the Late Sir William Petty. To which is Prefixed His Last Will”, p.87

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• I think there will always be a double standard between males and females, so I think that an actress is more likely to protect her public persona, so to speak, than an actor would be.

  Mila Kunis

  Thinking, Males, Female

  Interview with James Franco, www.interviewmagazine.com. July 16, 2012.

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• Such is the breathtaking speciesism of our Christian-inspired attitudes, the abortion of a single human zygote can arouse more moral solicitude and righteous indignation than the vivasection of any number of intelligent adult chimpanzees! The only reason we can be comfortable with such a double standard is that the intermediates between humans and chimps are all dead.

  Richard Dawkins

  Christian, Attitude, Intelligent

  "The Blind Watchmaker". Book by Richard Dawkins, 1986.

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