I do not hold to non-violence for moral reasons, but for political and practical reasons. — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
As an innovation... the establishment of Free Schools was the boldest ever promulgated, since the commencement of the Christian era... Time has… — Horace Mann Copy Share Image
Ethics occupies a central place in philosophy because it is concerned with sin, with the origin of good and evil and with… — Nikolai Berdyaev Copy Share Image
I believe that the community's duty to education is, therefore, its paramount moral duty. By law and punishment, by social agitation and… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
No Government has the moral authority to dismantle the universally understood meaning of marriage. — Keith O'Brien Copy Share Image
Unless the will is free, man has no freedom; and if he has no freedom he is not a moral agent, that… — Charles Grandison Finney Copy Share Image
“A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher. He… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When people think the issue can be solved, it becomes a moral imperative to be part of the solution. We can do… — Wendy Kopp Copy Share Image
Separation of church and state cannot mean an absolute separation between moral principles and political power. — Edward Kennedy Copy Share Image
We do want our fellow citizens to respect our deeply held conviction that the absence of an afterlife lends a greater, not… — Susan Jacoby Copy Share Image
In a fallen world marked by human depravity and deep-seated sin, in a world where Hitler and Stalin had recruited millions of… — Timothy B. Tyson Copy Share Image
I was raised by my mom. She taught me how to be a gentleman; nobody in the movies taught me. I think… — Todd Phillips Copy Share Image
I never came across anyone in whom the moral sense was dominant who was not heartless, cruel, vindictive, log-stupid, and entirely lacking… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Over the centuries, we've moved on from Scripture to accumulate precepts of ethical, legal and moral philosophy. We've evolved a liberal consensus… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
I have no idea of submitting tamely to injustice inflicted either on me or on the slave. I will oppose it with… — Lucretia Mott Copy Share Image
How can we encourage other human beings to extend their moral sympathies beyond a narrow locus? How can we learn to become… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
The moral absolute should be: if and when, in any dispute, one side initiates the use of physical force, that side is… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Being able and willing to complain is what makes us rational and moral animals, capable of seeing and articulating the difference between… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
The Bible is unfortunately unclear on a long list of moral and social questions and sex is one of them. On the… — Steve Allen Copy Share Image
The establishment of a rating system, voluntary or otherwise, opens the door to an endless parade of moral quality control programs based… — Frank Zappa Copy Share Image
I got a story, ain't no moral, I let the bad guy win every now and then. — Billy Preston Copy Share Image
We must give as much weight to the arousal of the emotions and to the expression of moral and aesthetic values as… — Lewis Mumford Copy Share Image
Fiction allows for moral questioning, but through the back door. Personally, I like books that make you think - books you're still… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
