He thought the "Judeo-Christian concept" gave America a moral edge over the atheist Soviet Union.
Mr. Leonard added a moral edge to the Esalen Institute's teachings with his commitment to social justice.
But now it's the Democratic "brand" that's badly tarnished, eliminating the party's moral edge, especially among independents.
The rituals of American high-school life were hilariously explored again, this time by Tina Fey, with a nicely moral edge.
What's most worrying is that the U.S. response to this crisis seems to be one of a country in middle age, a nation that has lost its can-do moral edge, the ability to come together and overcome.
Chase never understood Lincoln's slyness — never appreciated that irony could have a moral edge, as in Lincoln's answer to a complaint about emancipation: "You say you will not fight to free negroes.
The whole world was on our side after 9/11 — most of the Muslim world, too, was shocked by the crazy activity — and, essentially, we've lost the moral authority, the moral edge we had.
Chase never understood Lincoln's slyness never appreciated that irony could have a moral edge, as in Lincoln's answer to a complaint about emancipation: "You say you will not fight to free negroes.
But in order to deal effectively with the new regional nuclear environment and emerging global nuclear norms, Israel must reassess the wisdom of its unwavering commitment to opacity and realize that international support for retaining its military edge, including its nuclear capacity, rests on retaining its moral edge.
As governor of Nebraska, then a United States senator, and, finally, a Presidential candidate, he rarely spoke about his war record, yet, as he surely knew, it was this record that gave him a moral edge on almost every candidate he ever ran against.
But though Flashman's pacifism arose from cowardice, it had a moral edge....Fraser's Flashman books have earned him a secure place among the writers of historical corkers, below Patrick O'Brian but on the same high shelf as Alexandre Dumas, Rafael Sabatini, and James Fenimore Cooper.
