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> [The declaration which says that God visits the sins of the fathers upon the children is contrary to every principle of moral…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/the-declaration-which-says-that-god-visits-the-sins-of-the-fathers/)

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

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> [...virtue is not merely a state in conformity with the right principle, but one that implies the right principle; and the right…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/virtue-is-not-merely-a-state-in-conformity-with-the-right-principle/)

[Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/)

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> [“first principle of moral psychology: Intuitions come first, strategic reasoning second.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-haidt/first-principle-of-moral-psychology-intuitions-come-first-strategic/)

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

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> [“A great principle of moral advancement, on a par with “Love thy neighbor” and “All men are created equal,” is the one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-pinker/a-great-principle-of-moral-advancement-on-a-par-with-love-thy/)

[Steven Pinker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-pinker/)

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> [Force cannot transmit a moral principle: moral ideas can be received only through the reason of the heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-markham/force-cannot-transmit-a-moral-principle-moral-ideas-can-be-received/)

[Edwin Markham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edwin-markham/)

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> [“Unregenerate men perform many actions, good so far as their external relations to their fellow-men are concerned. But love to God is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/archibald-alexander-hodge/unregenerate-men-perform-many-actions-good-so-far-as-their-external/)

[Archibald Alexander Hodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/archibald-alexander-hodge/)

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> [“I class the principle of moral feeling under that of happiness, because every empirical interest promises to contribute to our well-being by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/immanuel-kant/i-class-the-principle-of-moral-feeling-under-that-of-happiness/)

[Immanuel Kant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/immanuel-kant/)

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> [To affirm life is to deepen, to make more inward, and to exalt the will-to-life. At the same time the man who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-schweitzer/to-affirm-life-is-to-deepen-to-make-more-inward-and-to-exalt-the-will/)

[Albert Schweitzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-schweitzer/)

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> [Honesty is a principle, and we have our moral agency to determine how we will apply this principle. We have the agency…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-e-faust/honesty-is-a-principle-and-we-have-our-moral-agency-to-determine-how/)

[James E. Faust](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-e-faust/)

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