Moral Quotes

4082 Moral quotes by 2158 unique authors

No longer enslaved or made dependent by force of law, the great majority are so by force of property; they are still chained to a… — John Stuart Mill
We have before us the fiendishness of business competition and the world war, passion and wrongdoing, antagonism between classes and moral depravity within them, economic… — Karl Barth
If we don't believe in moral absolutes and then we get into a cultural-political debate, how are we going to win? — Randall Terry
Discovery can give no right of ownership, for whatever is discovered must have been already here to be discovered. If a man makes a wheelbarrow,… — Henry George
Reduced employment opportunities is one effect of minimum wage legislation. The minimum wage law has imposed incalculable harm on the disadvantaged members of our society.… — Walter E. Williams
It is fundamentally important that Grasso resign so that the New York Stock Exchange can restore its moral authority. — Phil Angelides
My own personal, moral, spiritual, religious, etc. beliefs don't oppose same-gender marriage. — Ed Case
Customs form us all, our thoughts, our morals, our most fixed beliefs; are consequences of our place of birth. — Aaron Hill
I think it is conceded that I generally do pretty big things as a manager, am audacious in my outlays and risks, give much for… — P T Barnum
If liberty of speech is to be untrammeled from the grosser forms of constraint, the uniformity of opinion will be secured by a moral terrorism… — Charles Sanders Peirce
You cannot attain and maintain physical condition unless you are morally and mentally conditioned. And it is impossible to be in moral condition unless you… — John Wooden
The phenomenon of economic ignorance is so widespread, and its consequences so frightening, that the objective of reducing that ignorance becomes a goal invested with… — Israel Kirzner
In a guerrilla war, the line between legitimate and illegitimate killing is blurred. The policies of free-fire zones, in which a soldier is permitted to… — Philip Caputo
In sum, doubling is the psychological means by which one invokes the evil potential of the self. That evil is neither inherent in the self… — Robert Jay Lifton
If . . . a principle of true Religion [i.e., true Christianity] should . . . gain ground, there is no estimating the effects on… — William Wilberforce
Despite our significant public-policy differences, I commend Jim Wallis for advocating religious belief as an invaluable resource in addressing the urgent moral and social crises… — Richard Land
Being vegan is not just a matter of being 'kind' to animals. First and foremost, it is a matter of being just and observing our moral obligation… — Gary L. Francione
Veganism is the application of the principle of abolition in your own life; it represents your recognition that animals are not things. Veganism is the… — Gary L. Francione
I think that violence and nonviolence are not moral principles, they’re tactics. — Jerry Vlasak
I urge one and all to live this life as if there is no reward in the afterlife and to do it in a moral… — Hugh Hefner
...from the time of Kepler to that of Newton, and from Newton to Hartley, not only all things in external nature, but the subtlest mysteries… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
For nearly 2,000 years of Christian civilization, taking the life of an unborn child was regarded as a vile and heinous moral offense which degraded… — Unknown Author
It is true that we have not deliberately or wholly abandoned the Christian element in our tradition, but does that element count with us as… — Robert McCracken
Suppose . . . burglars had made entry into this . . . [library]. Picture them seated here on this floor, pouring the light of… — Mark Twain
Four things to think about. 1. Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new wearer of clothes. 2. Let your… — Henry David Thoreau

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