Act Quote by Auberon Herbert

A wise man will see to it that his acts always seem voluntary and not done by compulsion, however much he may be compelled…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

Every free action has two causes that come together to produce it. One is moral, the will that determines the act; the other is…

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

One might rationally argue that individual human beings should be free choose what moral behavior they approve of, and which they don't, subject to…

— Lawrence M. Krauss

An individual can be truly moral only when they are their own master. From the moment when they awaken to a comprehension of that…

— Elisee Reclus

When a man is guided by the principles of reciprocity and consciousness, he is not far from the moral law. Whatever you don't wish…

— Confucius

“To be moral, an act must be free.”

— Murray N. Rothbard

Unless the will is free, man has no freedom; and if he has no freedom he is not a moral agent, that is, he…

— Charles Grandison Finney

I am free to choose my own actions. Indeed, like everyone else, I must be so. A good act that is compelled is not…

— Cameron Dokey

“Man has the right to act in conscience and in freedom so as personally to make moral decisions.  "He must not be forced to…

— Aaron Milavec

Where there is no free agency, there can be no morality. Where there is no temptation, there can be little claim to virtue. Where…

— William H. Prescott

Compulsion precedes morality, indeed morality itself is compulsion for a time, to which one submits for the avoidance of pain.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

For an act to be moral the intention must be based on compassion, not duty. We do something because we want to do it,…

— Arthur Schopenhauer