The greatest threat to mankind comes from the renunciation of individual scruple in favor of institutional denominators. . . . Real heroism… — John le Carre Copy Share Image
History has taught us that freedom cannot long survive unless it is based on moral foundations. You can get the economics right,… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
The slogan 'Never Again!' that emerged after the Holocaust implies that the Holocaust has a universal moral meaning, which, if properly learned,… — David Novak Copy Share Image
The Human moral keyboard is limited ... there's nothing you can play on it that hasn't been played before. And, my dear… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
Guided by nothing but pop culture values, many children no longer learn how to think about morality and virtue, or to think… — Gary Bauer Copy Share Image
“When we opt to stay above the clouds, relying only on information fed to us instead of going down to see for… — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
The moral case is, people say, "Oh they're not ready for democracy," but that's something someone who lives in a democracy would… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
This new England we have invented for ourselves is not interested at all in education. It is only interested in training, both… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
The entire Jesus concept, that human sacrifice should be the substratum of a moral religion of love, strikes me as incongruous. God… — Trevor Treharne Copy Share Image
The Bible is full of interest. It has noble poetry in it; and some clever fables; and some blood-drenched history; and some… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
The times are chaotic. For me, I would hope that people look at [Angel] and gain strength by it. With everything that… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
Indeed, religion allows people to imagine that their concerns are moral when they are highly immoral - that is, when pressing these… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
Upon this point all speculative politicians will agree, that the happiness of society is the end of government, as all divines and… — John Adams Copy Share Image
“Moralizing is reading the Bible not to learn about Jesus but only to learn principles for how to live life as a… — Mark Driscoll Copy Share Image
We have lost the power even of imagining what the ancient idealization of poverty could have meant: the liberation from material attachments,… — William James Copy Share Image
Many people like to think that their moral or political enemies are not just wicked or wrong - as if that were… — Tim Crane Copy Share Image
We sometimes emphasize the danger in a crisis without focusing on the opportunities that are there. We should feel a great sense… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
The desire of excellence is the necessary attribute of those who excel. We work little for a thing unless we wish for… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
Darwinism undermined traditional morality and the value of human life. Then, evolutionary progress became the new moral imperative. This aided the advance… — Richard Weikart Copy Share Image
I should like to say that I left off smoking because I considered it a mean form of slavery, to be condemned… — James M. Barrie Copy Share Image
When you consider that God could have commanded anything he wanted--anything!--the Ten [Commandments] have got to rank as one of the great… — Katha Pollitt Copy Share Image
When a legislature decides to steal some of our rights and plans to use police force to accomplish it, what's the real… — H. L. Richardson Copy Share Image
I was raised thinking that moral and ethical standards are universals that apply equally to everyone. And these values aren't easily compatible… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
Of all the differences between man and the lower animals, the moral sense or conscience is by far the most important .… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
I join cordially in admiring and revering the Constitution of the United States, the result of the collected wisdom of our country.… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
You do just have to go back to moral philosophy and you've got to say, okay, there is greed, people do want… — Robert Skidelsky, Baron Skidelsky Copy Share Image
Blind obedience is itself an abuse of human morality. It is a misuse of the human soul in the name of religious… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Our approach to existential risks cannot be one of trial-and-error. There is no opportunity to learn from errors. The reactive approach -… — Nick Bostrom Copy Share Image
Common experience shows how much rarer is moral courage than physical bravery. A thousand men will march to the mouth of the… — Clarence Darrow Copy Share Image
Granted the endless variations of moral customs, still the essential standards persist. As in a scientific laboratory, all else may change but… — Harry Emerson Fosdick Copy Share Image
There are a million boys growing up in the United States who have never seen a saloon, and who will never know… — Henry Ford Copy Share Image
No matter how vast your knowledge or how modest, it is your own mind that has to acquire it. It is only… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Simply put: Thanksgiving is the day when the dominant white culture (and, sadly, most of the rest of the non-white but non-indigenous… — Robert Jensen Copy Share Image
For the moral attitudes of a people that is supported by religion need always aim at preserving and promoting the sanity and… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
“What is morality? It is not the following of enjoined rules of conduct. It is not a question of standing above temptations,… — U.G. Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
An earthly immortality belongs to a great and good character. History embalms it; it lives in its moral influence, in its authority,… — Edward Everett Copy Share Image
A narrow and moralistic view of morals is responsible for the failure to recognize that all the aims and values which are… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
“I like the relaxed way in which the Japanese approach religion. I think of myself as basically a moral person, but I'm… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
Which countries contain the most peaceful, the most moral, and the happiest people? Those people are found in the countries where the… — Frederic Bastiat Copy Share Image
“not because the moral law enjoins unselfishness, but because, given the society in which they live, it is the way in which… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
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