Character Quote by Barney Frank

Morals are a matter of private agreement; decency is of public concern.

— Marguerite Yourcenar

Morals are private. Decency is public.

— Rita Mae Brown

I don't think that's healthy for the country when anyone thinks their morals are better than anyone else's.

— Barbara Bush

Bad politics make for bad morals.

— Joseph Brodsky

We've had other things come up in their place, but I don't think' anything beats morals.

— Nigel Hawthorne

Morals are a luxury of the rich.

— George Bernard Shaw

You know, I really do have some morals. I do actually care about people. And I do have a political standpoint.

— Lars von Trier

“Morals can't function normally because morals have been declared intellectually illegal by the subject object metaphysics that dominates present social thought”

— Robert Pirsig

Public morals are natural complements of all laws: they are by themselves an entire code.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Morality is a private and costly luxury.

— Henry Adams

I don't really consider this a political issue, I consider it to be a moral issue.

— Al Gore

The more highly public life is organized the lower does its morality sink.

— E. M. Forster