Moral Quotes

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America used to have a strong 'moral safety net' for its people. Today that net is badly frayed, not only because families are disintegrating but… — Gary Bauer
You know, we all have our inner demons. I, for one - I can't speak for you, but I'm on the verge of moral collapse… — Glenn Beck
Not all moral issues have the same moral weight as abortion and euthanasia. There may be legitimate diversity of opinion even among Catholics about waging… — Pope Benedict XVI
Although the particular inclination of the homosexual person is not a sin, it is more or less strong tendency ordered to an intrinsic moral evil,… — Pope Benedict XVI
Since politics fundamentally should be a moral enterprise, the church in this sense has something to say about politics. — Pope Benedict XVI
Each generation, as it seeks to advance the common good, must ask anew: 'What are the requirements that governments may reasonably impose upon citizens, and… — Pope Benedict XVI
The one man other than my father who made the most lasting impression was an uncle, Serge B. Benson. He taught me in three different… — Ezra Taft Benson
In morals, theosophy builds its teachings on the unity, seeing in each form the expression of a common life, and therefore the fact that what… — Annie Besant
I was a wife and mother, blameless in moral life, with a deep sense of duty and a proud self-respect; it was while I was… — Annie Besant
Isaiah is by far the finest and least objectionable of the seventeen prophets whose supposed productions form the latter part of the Old Testament. A… — Annie Besant
Nothing but an imperious intellectual and moral necessity can drive into doubt a religious mind, for it is as though an earthquake shook the foundations… — Annie Besant
Theosophy has no code of morals, being itself the embodiment of the highest morality; it presents to its students the highest moral teachings of all… — Annie Besant
I have never regarded politics as the arena of morals. It is the arena of interest. — Aneurin Bevan
Intelligence is a moral category. — Theodor Adorno
My moral compass swings far to the left, but when it comes to gratuitous violence, I have trouble. — Michael Biehn
One should make morals judgements for oneself. — Kathryn Bigelow
All too often arrogance accompanies strength, and we must never assume that justice is on the side of the strong. The use of power must… — Theodore Bikel
The man whose only pleasure in life is making money, weighs less on the moral scale than an angleworm. — Josh Billings
If time is money, it seems moral to save time, above all one's own, and such parsimony is excused by consideration for others. One is… — Theodor Adorno
You cannot have Liberty in this world without what you call Moral Virtue, and you cannot have Moral Virtue without the slavery of that half… — William Blake

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