There is no country in the world in which everything can be provided for by the laws, or in which political institutions… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
Except among those whose education has been in the minimalist style, it is understood that hasty moral judgments about the past are… — Jacques Barzun Copy Share Image
If the ethical - that is, social morality- is the highest ... then no categories are needed other than the Greek philosophical categories. — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
“All breathing, existing, living, sentient creatures should not be slain, nor treated with violence, nor abused, nor tormented, nor driven away.” — Mahavira Copy Share Image
“If truth and moral values are relative, one cannot claim that certain human rights are universally applicable to all cultures and all… — Stephen McAndrew Copy Share Image
Part of the new morality of the '60s and '70s is a new attitude toward homosexuality. The homosexual men and women have… — Walter Cronkite Copy Share Image
It is a rude feeling, because it is natural only to people standing on the lowest level of morality, and expecting from… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“As the sailor locates his position on the sea by "shooting" the sun, so we may get our moral bearings by looking… — Tozer, A. W Copy Share Image
“The time came to put Iris Duarte back on the plane. It was a morning flight which made it difficult. I was… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
“It is realistic rather than cynical to observe that in a fallen world there are degrees of virtue in relation to what… — Os Guinness Copy Share Image
“- What do you expect? Think we were sent into the world to have a soft time and what is it? Float… — Sinclair Lewis Copy Share Image
“Responsibility I believe accrues through privilege. People like you and me have an unbelievable amount of privilege and therefore we have a… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I don't envy Netanyahu's situation, because I think he is in hot water. Obviously, this man has a totally different sense of… — Amos Oz Copy Share Image
If there is no absolute moral standard, then one cannot say in a final sense that anything is right or wrong. By… — Francis Schaeffer Copy Share Image
“Because the way people are built, Hermione, the way people are built to feel inside -" Harry put a hand over his… — Eliezer Yudkowsky Copy Share Image
It seems evident that the more profound, helpful, and meaningful way to protect people is to dismantle the morality code, and grant… — Terre Thaemlitz Copy Share Image
There are certain irregularities which are not the subject of criminal law. But when the criminal law happens to be auxiliary to… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
The human dilemma is not whether to do right or wrong, but rather to do right when it matters the most, and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Always be good to yourself and others. Always do what is right even if doing something wrong is quicker, more rewarding or… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
The first principle of value that we need to rediscover is this: that all reality hinges on moral foundations. In other words,… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
“My mother used to say, Preeto, there is never a right or a wrong side to a problem, but there can be… — Sanchit Gupta Copy Share Image
“The people naturally adhere most to doctrines which demand the least self-exertion and the least use of their own reason, and which… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
When you are a leader of good character you have high moral values and integrity. You do what you say you will… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“law of nature that our scientific thinking tends toward the truth, our morality toward the good, and maybe (though he doesn’t go… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
The divine element manifests itself (or show up) in man as well by his aptitude for science, than by his aptitude for… — African Spir Copy Share Image
A person who is fundamentally honest doesn't need a code of ethics. The Ten Commandments and the Sermon on the Mount are… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
“Conventionality is not morality. Self-righteousness is not religion. To attack the first is not to assail the last. To pluck the mask… — Charlotte Brontë Copy Share Image
To wipe off the froth of falsehood from the foaming lips of inebriated virtue, when fresh from the sexless orgies of morality… — Algernon Charles Swinburne Copy Share Image
We need leadership that can elevate religion and morality to their position of paramount importance and thus eliminate growing selfishness, immorality and… — George W. Romney Copy Share Image
“Listen to me, kid. It don’t matter what happens. It don’t matter what anybody thinks or does. All that matters is that… — J. Grace Pennington Copy Share Image
To love our neighbor as ourselves is such a truth for regulating human society, that by that alone one might determine all… — John Locke Copy Share Image
“Do not judge to Anyone, Do not let anyone to judge you. But Every person must have little moral and honest to… — Mohammed Zaki Ansari Copy Share Image
“I believe that my own morality—which answers only to my heart—is more sure and true than the morality of those who do… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
Let's say you went to Harvard or Oxford or Cambridge, and you said, 'I've come here because I'm in search of morality,… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
“Law always chooses sides on the basis of enforcement power. Morality and legal niceties have little to do with it when the… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
The law is constantly based on notions of morality, and if all laws representing essentially moral choices are to be invalidated under… — Byron White Copy Share Image
If it be true, as I believe it is, that morality is dependent upon religion, then religion is not only the most… — William Jennings Bryan Copy Share Image
I'm sure that the standard of public morality we've helped build will force government in Canada to approve complete health insurance. — Tommy Douglas Copy Share Image
“How long does one remain in a human life (the other being animal & hell)? As long as he does not take… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
One thing that N.W.A did, as Larry Flynt did before them, was to expand the boundaries of our reliance upon the good… — Jerry Heller Copy Share Image
