Moral Quotes

4082 Moral quotes by 2158 unique authors

Allowing our government to kill citizens compromises the deepest moral values upon which this country was conceived: the inviolable dignity of human persons. — Helen Prejean
Ethical religion can be real only to those who are engaged in ceaseless efforts at moral improvement. By moving upward we acquire faith in an… — Felix Adler
Grandeur of character lies wholly in force of soul, that is, in the force of thought, moral principle, and love, and this may be found… — William Ellery Channing
My faith has been the driving thing of my life. I think it is important that people who are perceived as liberals not be afraid… — Marian Wright Edelman
I know there is moral outage in regard to Mr. Milosevic, and that is certainly justified. But what about our response? — Pat Roberts
I am not religious. I do not believe that personhood is conferred upon conception. But I also do not believe that a human embryo is… — Charles Krauthammer
Once I had a better beat, I needed to have an even better one. And somewhere in that climbing, I lost sight of, sort of,… — Jayson Blair
If everyone got a divorce and looked for a second wife, the Coptic family would lose its moral compass. — Pope Shenouda III
What I do believe in is the moral code of Christianity. — Damian Lewis
Let us build a 21st-century rural economy of cutting-edge companies and technologies that lead us to energy and food security. Such an investment will revitalize… — Tom Vilsack
Matters of taste are not, it turns out, moral issues. — Annie Dillard
Up until the Depression, recession had a moral character: it was supposed to purge the body economic of the greed and excess that attends a… — James Buchan
I kept a steel wall around my moral and sexual instincts - protecting them, I thought, from the threats of the real world. This gave… — James McGreevey
I could have had someone else take care of my child but I did it because that was my moral obligation and also it was… — Gloria Allred
The moral of a fable is eternal. The moral of a story is temporary to a story. — Yann Martel
History is full of examples of people who clamp down after they began to enjoy too much freedom. Freedom can lead to instability, anarchy, and… — Gary Ross
We are, in many respects, in a moral and spiritual free-fall in our country, and we are paying a terrible price. — Joel C. Rosenberg
Middle-class people are becoming desperate. It can cause a moral man to break bad. — Giancarlo Esposito
In order to secure our unlimited future, we need a leader who understands the moral case for free enterprise. — Sher Valenzuela
If the moral good of fiction stems mainly from a habit of mind it inculcates in the reader, styles are neither good nor bad, and… — Mary Gordon

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