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> [I'm for moral blackmail when it comes to putting away child molesters.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tucker-carlson/i-m-for-moral-blackmail-when-it-comes-to-putting-away-child-molesters/)

[Tucker Carlson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tucker-carlson/)

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> [A sort of moral blackmail is exerted from both poles. The underclass, one gathers, should be dulled with charity and welfare provision…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-hitchens/a-sort-of-moral-blackmail-is-exerted-from-both-poles-the-underclass/)

[Christopher Hitchens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-hitchens/)

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> [The whole notion of sanity may be an attempt to medicalize morality - to speak of the good in the language of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-phillips/the-whole-notion-of-sanity-may-be-an-attempt-to-medicalize-morality/)

[Adam Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-phillips/)

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> [“Normally, anything done in the name of 'the kids' strikes me as either slightly sentimental or faintly sinister—that redolence of moral blackmail…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-hitchens/normally-anything-done-in-the-name-of-the-kids-strikes-me-as-either/)

[Christopher Hitchens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-hitchens/)

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> [“Unless a person can give reasons, there is, literally, no reason why anyone else should take that person seriously. But without reasons,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright/unless-a-person-can-give-reasons-there-is-literally-no-reason-why/)

[N.T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright/)

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