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Moral Quotes by George Washington
- No compact among men . . . can be pronounced everlasting and inviolable, and if I may so express myself, that no Wall of words,…
- Your love of liberty -- your respect for the laws -- your habits of industry -- and your practice of the moral and religious obligations,…
- Purity of morals [is] the only sure foundation of public happiness in any country.
- Good moral character is the first essential in a man.
- The consideration that human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected will always continue to prompt me to promote the former by inculcating the practice…
- A good moral character is the first essential. It is highly important not only to be learned but to be virtuous.
- My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute all my success in life…
- Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.
- To point out the importance of circumspection in your conduct, it may be proper to observe that a good moral character is the first essential…
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