Moral Quotes

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I think if you look at people, whether in business or government, who haven't had any moral compass, who've just changed to say whatever they… — Michael Bloomberg
The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world that it leaves to its children. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
I think carrying moral baggage is very dangerous for an artist. If you have a duty, it's to be true and not cover up the… — Unknown Author
Human models are more vivid and more persuasive than explicit moral commands. — Daniel J. Boorstin
When the sun comes up, I have morals again. — Elayne Boosler
A society deadened by a smothering network of laws while finding release in moral chaos is not likely to be either happy or stable. — Robert Bork
With the monstrous weapons man already has, humanity is in danger of being trapped in this world by its moral adolescents. — Omar N. Bradley
Of course the UN brings in a lot of moral authority. — Lakhdar Brahimi
Moral certainty can deafen people to any truth other than their own. — Geraldine Brooks
Morals are private. Decency is public. — Rita Mae Brown
Art is moral passion married to entertainment. Moral passion without entertainment is propaganda, and entertainment without moral passion is television. — Rita Mae Brown
Forcing people to be generous isn't humanitarian, effective, compassionate or moral. Only acts that are truly voluntary for all concerned can be truly compassionate. — Harry Browne
It may be that religion is dead, and if it is, we had better know it and set ourselves to try to discover other sources… — Pearl S. Buck
I profoundly believe it takes a lot of practice to become a moral slob. — William F. Buckley, Jr.
I just have a real problem with people who seek to portray fatness or thinness as moral concepts. — Julie Burchill
The most important of all revolutions, a revolution in sentiments, manners and moral opinions. — Edmund Burke
Under the pressure of the cares and sorrows of our mortal condition, men have at all times, and in all countries, called in some physical… — Edmund Burke
Nature teaches more than she preaches. There are no sermons in stones. It is easier to get a spark out of a stone than a… — John Burroughs
I don't think that's healthy for the country when anyone thinks their morals are better than anyone else's. — Barbara Bush
America is never wholly herself unless she is engaged in high moral principle. We as a people have such a purpose today. It is to… — George H. W. Bush

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