ethics

Plural of ethic.

The sum of a set of moral beliefs.

etiquette; morality; values
That criminal has a really bad sense of ethics.
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Federal Reserve Banks

The Federal Reserve banks are no more federal than Federal Express.
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ten planks

1. Abolition of private property and the application of all rent to public purpose.

2. A heavy progressive or graduated income tax.

3. Abolition of all rights of inheritance

4. Confiscation of the property of all emigrants and rebels

5. Centralization of credit in the hands of the State, by means of a national bank with state capital and an exclusive monopoly.

6. Centralization of the means of communication and transportation in the hands of the State

7. Extention of factories and instruments of production owned by the State, the bringing into cultivation of waste lands, and the improvement of the soil generally in accordance with a common plan.

8. Equal liablity of all to labor. Establishment of Industrial armies, especially for agriculture.

9. Combination of agriculture with manufacturing industries; gradual abolition of the distinction between town and country by a more equable distribution of the population over the country.

10. Free education for all children in government schools. Abolition of children's factory labor in its present form. Combination of education with industrial production, etc.
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court

1. The act of dating a person with the intent to marry.

2. A game where a black robe and some people in suits and ties dance around and pretend to establish justice on behalf of a terrorized victim of society.
1. I courted her for a while but realized that she wasn't The One.

2. The innocent man went to court and was thrown in prison for five years.
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