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title: "35 People Moral Quotes by 35 authors"
description: "Browse 35 People Moral quotes by 35 authors. Discover the best People Moral sayings and thoughts."
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> [Laws that oppress people have no moral authority](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-stallman/laws-that-oppress-people-have-no-moral-authority/)

[Richard Stallman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-stallman/)

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> [But there are still people whose moral superiority defeats your own.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aleksandr-solzhenitsyn/but-there-are-still-people-whose-moral-superiority-defeats-your-own/)

[Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aleksandr-solzhenitsyn/)

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> [Do people get moral when they don't get ahead?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-gordon/do-people-get-moral-when-they-don-t-get-ahead/)

[Ruth Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-gordon/)

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> [I think, like most people, my moral values tend to be pretty fuzzy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mick-jagger/i-think-like-most-people-my-moral-values-tend-to-be-pretty-fuzzy/)

[Mick Jagger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mick-jagger/)

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> [When history is erased, people's moral values are also erased.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ma-jian/when-history-is-erased-people-s-moral-values-are-also-erased/)

[Ma Jian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ma-jian/)

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> [There is no such thing as a moral dress. It's people who are moral or immoral.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lady-randolph-churchill/there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-moral-dress-it-s-people-who-are-moral-or/)

[Lady Randolph Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lady-randolph-churchill/)

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> [When hope is taken away from a people, moral degeneration follows swiftly thereafter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pearl-s-buck/when-hope-is-taken-away-from-a-people-moral-degeneration-follows/)

[Pearl S. Buck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pearl-s-buck/)

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> [“in a people whose moral code is so lax, so little is wrong.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-maguire/in-a-people-whose-moral-code-is-so-lax-so-little-is-wrong/)

[Gregory Maguire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-maguire/)

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> [For all artists... you want to be loved and adored by as many people as you can. But the moral we've learned…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-mael/for-all-artists-you-want-to-be-loved-and-adored-by-as-many-people-as/)

[Russell Mael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-mael/)

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> [The love of justice and the love of country plead equally the cause of these people, and it is a moral reproach…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-love-of-justice-and-the-love-of-country-plead-equally-the-cause/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

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> [Hypocrisy is a value that I think has been embraced by the Republican Party. We get lectured by people all day long…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-dean/hypocrisy-is-a-value-that-i-think-has-been-embraced-by-the-republican/)

[Howard Dean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-dean/)

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> [The more prohibitions you have, the less virtuous people will be. Try to make people moral, and you lay the groundwork for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/the-more-prohibitions-you-have-the-less-virtuous-people-will-be-try/)

[Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/)

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> [Americans are blessed with great plenty; we are a generous people and we have a moral obligation to assist those who are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-schiff/americans-are-blessed-with-great-plenty-we-are-a-generous-people-and/)

[Adam Schiff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-schiff/)

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> [“When you’re dealing with people who have no moral center, no loyalty to anyone but themselves, you don’t always get the logical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nelson-demille/when-you-re-dealing-with-people-who-have-no-moral-center-no-loyalty/)

[Nelson DeMille](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nelson-demille/)

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> [Morality, like other inputs into the social process, follows the law of diminishing returns- meaning ultimately, negative returns. People can be too…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/morality-like-other-inputs-into-the-social-process-follows-the-law-of/)

[Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/)

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> [I do dislike people with Moral Aims. Everyone asks me why I learn Arabic, and when I say I just like it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/freya-stark/i-do-dislike-people-with-moral-aims-everyone-asks-me-why-i-learn/)

[Freya Stark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/freya-stark/)

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> [“when the highest virtues of mankind cannot be accomplished fully through voluntary actions, the greater good demands that the government compel people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-w-southwick/when-the-highest-virtues-of-mankind-cannot-be-accomplished-fully/)

[S.W. Southwick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-w-southwick/)

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> [Maybe the most provocative thing one can do - and I'm not the first one to do it - is to ask…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bezmozgis/maybe-the-most-provocative-thing-one-can-do-and-i-m-not-the-first-one/)

[David Bezmozgis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bezmozgis/)

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> [For white people, their identities rest on the idea of racism as about good or bad people, about moral or immoral singular…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-diangelo/for-white-people-their-identities-rest-on-the-idea-of-racism-as-about/)

[Robin DiAngelo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-diangelo/)

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> [Some citizens are so good that nothing a leader can do will make them better. Others are so incorrigible that nothing can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-noll/some-citizens-are-so-good-that-nothing-a-leader-can-do-will-make-them/)

[Chuck Noll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-noll/)

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> [“What we wish other people would do has nothing to do with us. That’s not moral fiber, that’s being judgmental and unforgiving.”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robyn-carr/what-we-wish-other-people-would-do-has-nothing-to-do-with-us-that-s/)

[Robyn Carr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robyn-carr/)

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> [Everything that I'm seeing in America, when it comes to the groundwater contamination and the poisoning of people I see, it's a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erin-brockovich/everything-that-i-m-seeing-in-america-when-it-comes-to-the/)

[Erin Brockovich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erin-brockovich/)

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> [In one way or another, this is the oldest story in America: the struggle to determine whether “we, the people” is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-moyers/in-one-way-or-another-this-is-the-oldest-story-in-america-the-2/)

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

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> [I agree with those who argue that it is possible to distil from the religions of the world their common values and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-robinson/i-agree-with-those-who-argue-that-it-is-possible-to-distil-from-the/)

[Mary Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-robinson/)

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> [“Is it moral that, when millions of seniors are unable to afford the medicine they need, the top one-tenth of 1 percent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-sanders/is-it-moral-that-when-millions-of-seniors-are-unable-to-afford-the/)

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

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> [“It matters to ourselves, of course, but it matters terribly to other people. Moral failure or spiritual failure or whatever you call…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-whipple/it-matters-to-ourselves-of-course-but-it-matters-terribly-to-other/)

[Dorothy Whipple](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-whipple/)

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> [“If it supports the liberation struggle of Black people then it is good. If it is in opposition to the liberation struggle…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/if-it-supports-the-liberation-struggle-of-black-people-then-it-is/)

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

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> [“Most of us have never really understood that Christianity is not a self-help religion meant to enable moral people to become more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elyse-m-fitzpatrick/most-of-us-have-never-really-understood-that-christianity-is-not-a/)

[Elyse M. Fitzpatrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elyse-m-fitzpatrick/)

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> [It is silly to appeal to people's moral sense.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hermann-goring/it-is-silly-to-appeal-to-people-s-moral-sense/)

[Hermann Goring](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hermann-goring/)

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> [“To act on behalf of a group seems to free people of many of the moral restraints which control their behaviour as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-hayek/to-act-on-behalf-of-a-group-seems-to-free-people-of-many-of-the-moral/)

[Friedrich Hayek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-hayek/)

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> [In the West, they have morality. We pretend to be moral people but we are not. We do not have a moral…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/himani-shivpuri/in-the-west-they-have-morality-we-pretend-to-be-moral-people-but-we/)

[Himani Shivpuri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/himani-shivpuri/)

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> [The government and the people are under a moral necessity of acting together; a free press compels them to bend to one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-mill/the-government-and-the-people-are-under-a-moral-necessity-of-acting/)

[James Mill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-mill/)

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> [People have a moral standard about what they will do and will not do. At the end of the day someone who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-lewis/people-have-a-moral-standard-about-what-they-will-do-and-will-not-do/)

[Carl Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-lewis/)

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> [Conservatives say the government can't end poverty by force, but they believe it can use force to make people moral. Liberals say…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-browne/conservatives-say-the-government-can-t-end-poverty-by-force-but-they/)

[Harry Browne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-browne/)

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> [I think there's a fundamental moral issue about whether it's right for a machine to decide to kill a person. It's bad…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judy-woodruff/i-think-there-s-a-fundamental-moral-issue-about-whether-it-s-right/)

[Judy Woodruff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judy-woodruff/)

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