Abraham Lincoln had a deep realism; he did not deceive or mislead himself, but faced the world he had to deal with… — William Lee Miller Copy Share Image
Here then is the origin and rise of government; namely, a mode rendered necessary by the inability of moral virtue to govern… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
I fully subscribe to the judgement of those writers who maintain that of all the differences between man and the lower animal,… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts. I'm not a member of any organized political party,… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
... it seems to have been my luck to stumble into various forms of progress, to which I have been of the… — Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward Copy Share Image
Even if it were true that we need God to be moral, it would of course not make God's existence more likely,… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
The most fundamental liberal failure of the current era: the failure to embrace a moral vision of America based on the transcendent… — Bill Moyers Copy Share Image
There is a Party of fiscal responsibility... economic responsibility... social responsibility... civic responsibility... personal responsibility... and moral responsibility. That party is the… — Howard Dean Copy Share Image
MORAL LAW, Evidence of.- Man has been subjected by his Creator to the moral law, of which his feelings, or conscience as… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
A constitution founded on these principles introduces knowledge among the people, and inspires them with a conscious dignity becoming freemen; a general… — John Adams Copy Share Image
Strength, Courage, Mastery, and Honor are the alpha virtues of men all over the world. They are the fundamental virtues of men… — Jack Donovan Copy Share Image
Flesh eating is simply immoral, as it involves the performance of an act which is contrary to moral feeling: By killing, man… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
The following proposition seems to me in a high degree probable—namely, that any animal whatever, endowed with well-marked social instincts, the parental… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
Carla Hesse has given us an astonishing new look at women's struggle for independent expression and moral autonomy during the French Revolution… — Natalie Zemon Davis Copy Share Image
Most people just aren't clear-eyed about the rural South. We think that the urban centers are the problem, and the rural areas… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
There is a principle of human affairs that goes back millennia, which is that you don't look in the mirror. You can… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
There is no evidence for a god, no coherent definition of a god, no good argument for a god, good positive arguments… — Dan Barker Copy Share Image
I highly venerate the Masonic Institution, under the fullest persuasion that, when its principles are acknowledged and its laws and precepts obeyed,… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
I'm celibate. It's not that I'm a religious or moral person or anything, it's just, if you aren't ****ing Thom Yorke, what's… — Thom Yorke Copy Share Image
In its sentimental mode, compassion is an exercise in moral indignation, in feeling good rather than doing good ... In its unsentimental… — Gertrude Himmelfarb Copy Share Image
When [Nelson Mandela] was in prison I admired him for his moral strength... Of his period in power I can see few… — Mengistu Haile Mariam Copy Share Image
“When spontaneous demoralizing thoughts seep into your conscience, don't trip...allowing them to fester. These are random tests of your conviction and determination.… — T.F. Hodge Copy Share Image
We [Israel people] always blame Moses, that he was our greatest leader and one of the most gifted people in the world.… — Benjamin Netanyahu Copy Share Image
Not everyone can be bribed with meat, Oberon." "They Can't? Oh! you mean they're vegetarian." "No, they eat meat. It just doesn't… — Kevin Hearne Copy Share Image
If you build that foundation, both the moral and the ethical foundation, as well as the business foundation, and the experience foundation,… — Henry Kravis Copy Share Image
If female were working in the same proportion as men do, the level of GDP would be up 27 percent in a… — Christine Lagarde Copy Share Image
We are wrong to fear superiority of mind and soul; this superiority is very moral, for understanding everything makes a person tolerant… — Bill Vaughan Copy Share Image
It contributes greatly towards a man's moral and intellectual health, to be brought into habits of companionship with individuals unlike himself, who… — Nathaniel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
Wherever God's word is circulated, it stirs the hearts of the people, it prepares for public morals. Circulate that word, and you… — Matthew Simpson Copy Share Image
I think you should live your moral values. But the last thing, the very last thing that government should do is have… — Tim Kaine Copy Share Image
The riveting moral power of the Arab Spring comes from its homegrown quality. This is about Arabs overcoming fear to become agents… — Roger Cohen Copy Share Image
The greatest miracle Christianity has achieved in America is that the Black man in white Christian hands has not grown violent. It… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
Whether we immoralists do any harm to virtue?-Just as little as anarchists do to princes. It is only because they have been… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
This is a moral universe, which means that, despite all the evidence that seems to be to the contrary, there is no… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
Since the invention of the flush toilet and the vacuum carpet cleaner, the modern man seems to judge a man's moral standards… — Lin Yutang Copy Share Image
There's a definite sense this morning on the part of the Kerry voters that perhaps this is code, 'moral values,' is code… — Diane Sawyer Copy Share Image
Every decision we make - when we choose a vehicle, when we pump gas into that vehicle, when we order food -… — Jane Velez-Mitchell Copy Share Image
Man must get his thoughts, words and actions out of this vast moral jungle. We are not predators. We are, hopefully, more… — H. Jay Dinshah Copy Share Image
"Family" this and "family" that. If I had a family I'd be furious that moral busybodies are taking the perfectly good word… — John Waters Copy Share Image
Whether you are buying a car or casting a ballot, choosing a job or planning a family, follow your moral compass. Don't… — Denis Hayes Copy Share Image