Moral Quotes

4082 Moral quotes by 2158 unique authors

The people of Israel, like those of the United States, are imbued with a religious faith and a sense of moral values — Dwight D. Eisenhower
Since the foundation of the State of Israel, the United States has stood by her and helped her to pursue security, peace, and economic growth.… — Ronald Reagan
Let us labor for the security of free thought, free speech, pure morals, unfettered religious sentiments, and equal rights and privileges for all men, irrespective… — Ulysses S. Grant
No great question will ever be settled in dollars and cents. Great questions must be settled on moral grounds and the tests of what makes… — Herbert Hoover
National character cannot be built by law. It is the sum of the moral fiber of its individuals. — Herbert Hoover
Market forces have no intrinsically moral direction, which is why, before he wrote The Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith wrote The Theory of Moral Sentiments.… — Arianna Huffington
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… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
Whenever anyone accuses some person of being 'unfeeling,' he means that that person is just. He means that that person has no causeless emotions and… — Ayn Rand
I think . . . that philosophy has the duty of pointing out the falsity of outworn religious ideas, however estimable they may be as… — Corliss Lamont
The God of the Bible is a moral monstrosity. — Henry Ward Beecher
It makes that a virtue which is not a virtue, and that a crime which is not a crime. Religion consists in a round of… — Unknown Author
The Christians say, that among the ancient Jews, if you committed a crime you had to kill a sheep. Now they say 'charge it.' 'Put… — Robert Green Ingersoll
Biblical backing for Mormon behavior is easy to find, although Mark Twain is reported to have denied its legitimacy to a Mormon. The Mormon claimed… — Dennis McKinsey
'Peace on earth, good will toward men' - democracy must cling to that message. For it is my deep conviction that democracy cannot live without… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
The idea of winning a doctor's degree gradually assumed the aspect of a great moral struggle, and the moral fight possessed immense attraction for me. — Elizabeth Blackwell
The rigid volunteer rules of right and wrong in sports are second only to religious faith in moral training. — Herbert Hoover
Boys are more likely to develop a masculine personality and acquire strong moral standards when they have a loving and nurturant rather than a threatening… — James Q. Wilson
One is apt to think of moral failure as due to weakness of character: more often it is due to an inadequate ideal. — Richard Livingstone
Everyone should be taught the nobility of labor, the heroism and splendor of honest effort. As long as it is considered disgraceful to labor, or… — Robert Green Ingersoll
It cannot be said too often that actions are good or bad in the light of consequences, and that a clear perception of consequences would… — Robert Green Ingersoll
Sports is a moral undertaking because it requires of participants, and it schools spectators in the appreciation of, noble things - courage, grace under pressure,… — George Will
The moral problem of abortion is of a pre religious nature because the genetic code is written in a person at the moment of conception.… — Pope Francis
The term pre-embryo is useful in the political arena - where decisions are made about whether to allow early embryo (now called pre-embryo) experimentation -… — Unknown Author
All human life-from the moment of conception and through all subsequent stages-is sacred, because human life is created in the image and likeness of God.… — Pope John Paul II
Fear is an acid which is pumped into one's atmosphere. It causes mental, moral and spiritual asphyxiation, and sometimes death; death to energy and all… — Horace Fletcher

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