Rough Johnson, the great moralist.

Perhaps Samuel Johnson was a great man; he was certainly a drumbling one.

— Edward Dahlberg

The greatest historian should also be a great moralist. It is no proof of impartiality to treat wickedness and goodness on the same level.

— Theodore Roosevelt

Conscience is a great moralist inside us with a stick in its hand. It is a whip of virtue which oppresses us unmercifully when…

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

Nietzsche himself was a great moralist; his writings abound with value judgments about individuals, character types, modes of thinking, and national traits. It is…

— John Carroll

Though sages may pour out their wisdom's treasure, there is no sterner moralist than pleasure.

— Lord Byron

There is no sterner moralist than pleasure.

— Lord Byron

If it is the great delusion of moralists to suppose that all previous ages were less sinful than their own, then it is the…

— Louis Kronenberger

Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since at least half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.

— Bertrand Russell

A statesman cannot afford to be a moralist.

— Will Durant

The crux of the matter is whether total war in its present form is justifiable, even when it serves a just purpose. Does it…

— John Hersey

I like pacifists and people who have a heavy emotional identification with deathism and war would probably call me a pacifist, but I am…

— Robert Anton Wilson

All the parties of capitalist society, all its moralists and all its sycophants will perish beneath the debris of the impending catastrophe. The only…

— Leon Trotsky

Nine-tenths of the appeal of pornography is due to the indecent feelings concerning sex which moralists inculcate in the young; the other tenth is…

— Bertrand Russell

The moralist of sheer work and obedience can be an ethic that, unwilling to face a despair of its ends, glorifies its means

— Anonymous

I cannot be convinced that great artists are moralists. Art is first appearances, then meaning.

— Camille Paglia