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Moral Quotes by Benjamin Rush
- Without religion, I believe that learning does real mischief to the morals and principles of mankind.
- In such a performance you may lay the foundation of national happiness only in religion, not by leaving it doubtful "whether morals can exist without…
- The American war is over; but this far from being the case with the American revolution. On the contrary, nothing but the first act of…
- I grant this mode of secluding boys from the intercourse of private families has a tendency to make them scholars, but our business is to…
- By withholding the knowledge of [the Scriptures] from children, we deprive ourselves of the best means of awakening moral sensibility in their minds.
- If moral precepts alone could have reformed mankind, the mission of the Son of God into all the world would have been unnecessary. The perfect…
- Patriotism is as much a virtue as justice, and is as necessary for the support of societies as natural affection is for the support of…
- By renouncing the Bible, philosophers swing from their moorings upon all moral subjects..It is the only correct map of the human heart that ever has…
More Moral Quotes
- What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue… — Aristotle
- Ethics are not necessarily to do with being law-abiding. I am very interested in the moral path, doing the right thing. — Kate Atkinson
- It's a moral question about whether we have the right to exterminate species. — David Attenborough
- Not all moral issues have the same moral weight as abortion and euthanasia. There may be legitimate diversity of opinion even among… — Pope Benedict XVI
- All too often arrogance accompanies strength, and we must never assume that justice is on the side of the strong. The use… — Theodore Bikel
- Let us never lose sight of the fact that education is a preparation for life - and that preparing for life is… — Ezra Taft Benson
- Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right. — Isaac Asimov
- Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral laws are written on the table of eternity. — Lord Acton