All the reasons which made the initiation of physical force evil, make the retaliatory use of physical force a moral imperative. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Self-love . . . is the sole antagonist of virtue, leading us constantly by our propensities to self-gratification in violation of our… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
People of good character are not all going to come down on the same side of difficult political and social issues. Good… — William Bennett Copy Share Image
Games are a trigger for adults to again become primitive, primal, as a way of thinking and remembering. An adult is a… — Shigeru Miyamoto Copy Share Image
Music is moral law. It is the essence of order and leads to all that is good, true and beautiful. — Plato Copy Share Image
Years ago I was asked this question: Do terrorists fear anything? I said, 'I suspect they would fear a morally strong America.'… — Ravi Zacharias Copy Share Image
There is an ancient Indian saying: "We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children." If… — Patricia Schroeder Copy Share Image
Anything as good and true as that moral cannot be new at this late date. — Richard H. Davis Copy Share Image
I have used the word "attention," which I borrow from Simone Weil, to express the idea of a just and loving gaze… — Iris Murdoch Copy Share Image
Whereas religions may serve a benign purpose by letting many people feel comfortable with the level of morality they themselves can attain,… — Daniel Dennett Copy Share Image
We are but the veriest, sorriest slaves of our stomach. Reach not after morality and righteousness, my friends; watch vigilantly your stomach,… — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share Image
Kantian ethical theory distinguishes three levels: First, that of a fundamental principle (the categorical imperative, formulated in three main ways in Kant's… — Allen W. Wood Copy Share Image
The idea that war should be conducted within a moral framework may seem like a quaint medieval practice, but as speech separates… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Should our moral beliefs really prove to be dependent on factual assumptions shown to be incorrect, it would be hardly moral to… — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
What more does man want to know than that the hand or power that made these things is divine, is omnipotent? Let… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Why should it be thought incredible that the same soul should inhabit in succession an indefinite number of moral bodies? Even during… — Francis Bowen Copy Share Image
Playing a bad guy is always a freeing experience, because you don't have the same envelope of restrictions as you have playing… — John Travolta Copy Share Image
The moral and constitutional obligations of our representatives in Washington are to protect our liberty, not coddle the world, precipitating no-win wars,… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
I recognize that Republicans see a moral difference between a dollar taken away from a millionaire in government benefits and a dollar… — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
This party spirit has so ill an effect on our morals, it has likewise a very great one upon our judgments. — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
“Despite what you might think, NORMAL people do NOT cause problems, misfortunes, conflicts, distress or accidents. And when they do, they CAN… — Robin Sacredfire Copy Share Image
People who do not know the Bible well have been gulled into thinking it is a good guide to morality. This mistaken… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
The quality of moral behavior varies in inverse ratio to the number of human beings involved. — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
I don't know who had the training of you," he continued doggedly, "but your morals are shocking. You spent a night in… — Loretta Chase Copy Share Image
