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Moral Quotes by Franklin D. Roosevelt
- I propose to create a Civilian Conservation Corps to be used in simple work...More important, however, than the material gains will be the moral and…
- Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort. The joy and…
- We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics. Out of the collapse of a prosperity…
- 'Peace on earth, good will toward men' - democracy must cling to that message. For it is my deep conviction that democracy cannot live without…
- To carry adequate life insurance is a moral obligation incumbent upon the great majority of citizens.
- We may make mistakes-but they must never be mistakes which result from faintness of heart or abandonment of moral principle.
- The Presidency is not merely an administrative office. Thats the least of it. It is more than an engineering job, efficient or inefficient. It is…
- We have always known that heedless self interest was bad morals, we now know that it is bad economics.
More Moral Quotes
- Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave… — Aristotle
- What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue… — Aristotle
- The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature, indeed, prepares in us the ground for… — Aristotle
- Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right. — Isaac Asimov
- 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
- Morals are built on religious faith. Virtue is built on morality and influences a culture. — Michele Bachmann
- It is as hard and severe a thing to be a true politician as to be truly moral. — Francis Bacon
- Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral laws are written on the table of eternity. — Lord Acton
- Trust should be the basis for all our moral training. — Robert Baden-Powell
- A group of politicians deciding to dump a President because his morals are bad is like the Mafia getting together to bump… — Russell Baker
- When law becomes despotic, morals are relaxed, and vice versa. — Honore de Balzac