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Moral Quotes by H. L. Mencken
- Whenever "A" attempts by law to impose his moral standards upon "B," "A" is most likely a scoundrel.
- To wage a war for a purely moral reason is as absurd as to ravish a woman for a purely moral reason
- What restrains us from killing is partly fear of punishment, partly moral scruple, and partly what may be described as a sense of humor
- It was morality that burned the books of the ancient sages, and morality that halted the free inquiry of the Golden Age and substituted for…
- In human history a moral victory is always a disaster, for it debauches and degrades both the victor and the vanquished.
- At the end of one millennium and nine centuries of Christianity, it remains an unshakable assumption of the law in all Christian countries and of…
- Moral certainty is always a sign of cultural inferiority. The more uncivilized the man, the surer he is that he knows precisely what is right…
- No man of honor ever quite lives up to his code, any more than a moral man manages to avoid sin.
- To denounce moralizing out of hand is to pronounce a moral judgment.
- All human progress, even in morals, has been the work of men who have doubted the current moral values, not of men who have whooped…
- The difference between a moral man and a man of honor is that the latter regrets a discreditable act, even when it has worked and…
- The worst government is often the most moral. One composed of cynics is often very tolerant and humane. But when fanatics are on top there…
- One may no more live in the world without picking up the moral prejudices of the world than one will be able to go to…
- For every problem, there is a solution that is simple, neat, and wrong.
- Moral certainty is always a sign of cultural inferiority. The more uncivilized the man, the surer he is that he knows precisely what is right…
- Time is a great legalizer, even in the field of morals
- Science is unflinchingly deterministic, and it has begun to force its determinism into morals. On some shining tomorrow a psychoanalyst may be put into the…
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