Moral Quotes

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He only has freedom who ideally loves freedom himself and is glad to extend it to others. He who cares to have slaves must chain… — Rabindranath Tagore
It is not till it is discovered that high individual incomes will not purchase the mass of mankind immunity from cholera, typhus, and ignorance, still… — R. H. Tawney
Charity is an ugly trick. It is a virtue grown by the rich on the graves of the poor. Unless it is accompanied by sincere… — Rebecca West
The doctrine that might makes right has covered the earth with misery. While it crushes the weak, it also destroys the strong. Every deceit, every… — John Peter Altgeld
Today, people are talking about many things: the danger of war and frequent clashes, water and air pollution, hunger, the increasing erosion of moral values,… — Fethullah Gulen
The Society is based on that great bottom law of human right, that nothing but crime can forfeit liberty. That no condition of birth, no… — Theodore Dwight Weld
There is no moral authority like that of sacrifice. — Nadine Gordimer
He who expects much will be often disappointed; yet disappointment seldom cures us of expectation, or has any other effect than that of producing a… — Samuel Johnson
... I vowed that I would always respect the right of an individual to kill himself. Whether suicide was a moral or immoral act I… — Phillip Lopate
I believe that the community's duty to education is, therefore, its paramount moral duty. By law and punishment, by social agitation and discussion, society can… — John Dewey
Achieving the right to basic education for all is thus one of the biggest moral challenges of our times. — Koichiro Matsuura
I think that my strong determination for justice comes from the very strong, dynamic personality of my father ... I have rarely ever met a… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Some recent philosophers seem to have given their moral approval to these deplorable verdicts that affirm that the intelligence of an individual is a fixed… — Alfred Binet
Golf is not a wrestle with Bogey; it is not a struggle with your mortal foe; it is a physiological, psychological and moral fight with… — Arnold Haultain
Teachers who do not take their own education seriously, who do not study, who make little effort to keep abreast of events have no moral… — Paulo Freire
Man's characteristic privilege is that the bond he accepts is not physical but moral; that is, social. He is governed not by a material environment… — Emile Durkheim
Agriculture is our wisest pursuit, because it will in the end contribute most to real wealth, good morals, and happiness. — Thomas Jefferson
The moral backbone of literature is about that whole question of memory. To my mind it seems clear that those who have no memory have… — W G Sebald
In conclusion it may be said that sin may be defined as lack of conformity to the moral law of God, either in act, disposition,… — Louis Berkhof
Sin is any failure to conform to the moral law of God in act, attitude, or nature — Wayne Grudem

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