ruthlessness

Noun

Meaning

feelings of extreme heartlessness

mercilessness characterized by a lack of pity

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Children are remarkable for their intelligence and ardor, for their curiosity, their intolerance of shams, the clarity and ruthlessness of their vision. Aldous Huxley

It is possible that the distinction between moral relativism and moral absolutism has sometimes been blurred because an excessively consistent practice of either leads to the same practical result - ruthlessness in political life. Richard Hofstadter

Success always necessitates a degree of ruthlessness. Given the choice of friendship or success, I'd probably choose success. Sting (musician)

How does he do it? How does he master people without bluster or bullying? How does he make people fear him or love him, not in spite of his ruthlessness but because of it? Orson Scott Card

You have ruthlessness in your bones and ice in your heart, Clarissa. Don't tell me any differently. Cassandra Clare

But make no mistake. My counterpart is capable of a great deal of ruthlessness in pursuit of a just cause. He believes he has right on his side. And men who think they have right on their side are always the most dangerous sort. Alastair Reynolds

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