Burt Cohen on Principles & Values

Guided by Unitarian Universalist principles

"Because of my last name, people know I'm Jewish," says Sen. Burt Cohen. "They don't know I'm also a UU," a member of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Portsmouth. "We need more UUs in politics," Cohen says. "People eager to face problems head-on, people who call upon an inclusive language of values." Still, while morality is a big part of religion, successful politicians shun absolutism. As Cohen puts it, "One difficulty in being a liberal is that people expect purity. That's not always possible in politics. Not on principles but on the policy you just have to bend sometimes, because that's what democracy means. If you held out on everything dear to you, you really wouldn't get anything done. And you wouldn't be serving your constituents at all in the end." Source: The Journal of the Unitarian Universalist Association Aug 1, 1999

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