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title: "38 Moral Political Quotes by 34 authors"
description: "Browse 38 Moral Political quotes by 34 authors. Discover the best Moral Political sayings and thoughts."
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> [“art is self-sufficient and need serve no moral or political purpose”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-pater/art-is-self-sufficient-and-need-serve-no-moral-or-political-purpose/)

[Walter Pater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-pater/)

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> [The true object of moral and political disquisition is pleasure or happiness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-godwin/the-true-object-of-moral-and-political-disquisition-is-pleasure-or/)

[William Godwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-godwin/)

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> [Our opinions agree as to the evil, moral, political, and economical, of slavery.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-madison/our-opinions-agree-as-to-the-evil-moral-political-and-economical-of/)

[James Madison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-madison/)

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> [I consider poetry very subordinate to moral and political science.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/percy-bysshe-shelley/i-consider-poetry-very-subordinate-to-moral-and-political-science/)

[Percy Bysshe Shelley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/percy-bysshe-shelley/)

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> [Democracy is moral before it is political.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-d-brandeis/democracy-is-moral-before-it-is-political/)

[Louis D. Brandeis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-d-brandeis/)

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> [“The habit of considering a man’s religious, moral and political opinions before appointing him to a post or giving him a job…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/the-habit-of-considering-a-man-s-religious-moral-and-political/)

[Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/)

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> [What you demand from storytelling is a moral - even political - import. I tend to shun that didactic aspect.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aleksandar-hemon/what-you-demand-from-storytelling-is-a-moral-even-political-import-i/)

[Aleksandar Hemon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aleksandar-hemon/)

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> [If the reader looks, I think he will find plenty of moral and political ideas in my stories.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/italo-calvino/if-the-reader-looks-i-think-he-will-find-plenty-of-moral-and/)

[Italo Calvino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/italo-calvino/)

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> [Let us wage a moral and political war against war itself, so that we can cut military spending and use that money…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-sanders/let-us-wage-a-moral-and-political-war-against-war-itself-so-that-we/)

[Bernie Sanders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-sanders/)

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> [It's no use trying to talk philosophy to our politicians. And I'm not a moral or political philosopher. I'm not interested in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marjorie-grene/it-s-no-use-trying-to-talk-philosophy-to-our-politicians-and-i-m-not/)

[Marjorie Grene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marjorie-grene/)

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> [“Rejuveniles can be moral, political, religious, and also frivolous, impractical, and off-the-charts silly.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-noxon/rejuveniles-can-be-moral-political-religious-and-also-frivolous/)

[Christopher Noxon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-noxon/)

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> [The distemper of which, as a community, we are sick, should be considered rather as a moral than a political malady.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-wilberforce/the-distemper-of-which-as-a-community-we-are-sick-should-be/)

[William Wilberforce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-wilberforce/)

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> [Let us wage a moral and political war against the gross wealth and income inequality... ...let us understand that when we stand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-sanders/let-us-wage-a-moral-and-political-war-against-the-gross-wealth-and/)

[Bernie Sanders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-sanders/)

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> [In this enlightened age, there are few I believe, but what will acknowledge, that slavery as an institution is a moral &…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-e-lee/in-this-enlightened-age-there-are-few-i-believe-but-what-will/)

[Robert E. Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-e-lee/)

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> [Knowledge, learning, talents are not necessarily connected with sound moral and political principles… And eminent abilities, accompanied with depravity of heart, render…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noah-webster/knowledge-learning-talents-are-not-necessarily-connected-with-sound/)

[Noah Webster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noah-webster/)

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> [I don't consider myself a teacher of moral and political positions. I don't want to be that. I can't help but have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-pollack/i-don-t-consider-myself-a-teacher-of-moral-and-political-positions-i/)

[Sydney Pollack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-pollack/)

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> [To live with our enemies as if they may some time become our friends, and to live with our friends as if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/to-live-with-our-enemies-as-if-they-may-some-time-become-our-friends/)

[Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/)

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> [I think the research evidence on the benefits of early childhood programs for the local economy is extremely strong. However, the moral…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-j-bartik/i-think-the-research-evidence-on-the-benefits-of-early-childhood/)

[Timothy J. Bartik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-j-bartik/)

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> [People can believe pretty much whatever they want to believe about moral and political issues, as long as some other people near…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-haidt/people-can-believe-pretty-much-whatever-they-want-to-believe-about/)

[Jonathan Haidt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-haidt/)

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> [If a political party does not have its foundation in the determination to advance a cause that is right and that is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dwight-d-eisenhower/if-a-political-party-does-not-have-its-foundation-in-the/)

[Dwight D. Eisenhower](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dwight-d-eisenhower/)

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> [In scientific matters there was a common language and one standard of values; in moral and political problems there were many. ……](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emilio-g-segre/in-scientific-matters-there-was-a-common-language-and-one-standard-of/)

[Emilio G. Segre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emilio-g-segre/)

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> [For Confucians, we are such thoroughly social beings that individual and social interests are not in the end regarded as fundamentally incompatible.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-wong/for-confucians-we-are-such-thoroughly-social-beings-that-individual/)

[David Wong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-wong/)

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> [Above all, do not give up your moral and political autonomy by accepting in somebody else's terms the illiberal practicality of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-wright-mills/above-all-do-not-give-up-your-moral-and-political-autonomy-by/)

[C. Wright Mills](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-wright-mills/)

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> [Environmental history was . . . born out of a moral purpose, with strong political commitments behind it, but also became, as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-worster/environmental-history-was-born-out-of-a-moral-purpose-with-strong/)

[Donald Worster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-worster/)

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> [Education as a democratic project always presupposes a vision of the future in its introduction to, preparation for, and legitimation of particular…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-giroux/education-as-a-democratic-project-always-presupposes-a-vision-of-the/)

[Henry Giroux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-giroux/)

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> [I think that to the extent that we focus on problems where we can build a moral and a political consensus, then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/i-think-that-to-the-extent-that-we-focus-on-problems-where-we-can/)

[Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/)

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> [Political realism is aware of the moral significance of political action. It is also aware of the ineluctable tension between the moral…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/political-realism-is-aware-of-the-moral-significance-of-political/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Many people like to think that their moral or political enemies are not just wicked or wrong - as if that were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-crane/many-people-like-to-think-that-their-moral-or-political-enemies-are/)

[Tim Crane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-crane/)

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> [Whether moral and social phenomena are really exceptions to the general certainty and uniformity of the course of nature; and how far…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-stuart-mill/whether-moral-and-social-phenomena-are-really-exceptions-to-the/)

[John Stuart Mill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-stuart-mill/)

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> [“I reviewed five areas of research showing that moral thinking is more like a politician searching for votes than a scientist searching…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-haidt/i-reviewed-five-areas-of-research-showing-that-moral-thinking-is-more/)

[Jonathan Haidt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-haidt/)

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> ['Farscape' is a fabulous vehicle for looking at ethical, moral, political, and social issues.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bonnie-hammer/farscape-is-a-fabulous-vehicle-for-looking-at-ethical-moral-political/)

[Bonnie Hammer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bonnie-hammer/)

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> [“Without causality in the world, there is no point in educating people, or making any moral or political appeal.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/felix-alba-juez/without-causality-in-the-world-there-is-no-point-in-educating-people/)

[Felix Alba-Juez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/felix-alba-juez/)

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> [There are few, I believe, in this enlightened age, who will not acknowledge that slavery as an institution is a moral and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-e-lee/there-are-few-i-believe-in-this-enlightened-age-who-will-not/)

[Robert E. Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-e-lee/)

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> [Here is the crisis of the times as I see it: We talk about problems, issues, policies, but we don't talk about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-moyers/here-is-the-crisis-of-the-times-as-i-see-it-we-talk-about-problems/)

[Bill Moyers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-moyers/)

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> [“...It is necessary for the average citizen, if he wishes to make a living, to avoid incurring the hostility of certain big…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/it-is-necessary-for-the-average-citizen-if-he-wishes-to-make-a-living/)

[Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/)

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> [It is true that one was not allowed at the time to really ask, what would lead people to do this, from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-butler/it-is-true-that-one-was-not-allowed-at-the-time-to-really-ask-what/)

[Judith Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-butler/)

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> [As Heinz Pagels has said, The challenge to our civilization which has come from our knowledge of the cosmic energies that fuels…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michio-kaku/as-heinz-pagels-has-said-the-challenge-to-our-civilization-which-has/)

[Michio Kaku](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michio-kaku/)

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> [The eyes of mankind will be upon you to see whether the Government, which is now more popular than it has been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-adams/the-eyes-of-mankind-will-be-upon-you-to-see-whether-the-government/)

[Samuel Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-adams/)

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