Moral Duty Quotes

28 quotes by 25 authors

• I believe that the community's duty to education is, therefore, its paramount moral duty. By law and punishment, by social agitation and discussion, society can… — John Dewey
• In my view, aiming at simplicity and lucidity is a moral duty of all intellectuals: lack of clarity is a sin, and pretentiousness is a… — Karl Popper
• On an occasion of this kind it becomes more than a moral duty to speak one's mind. It becomes a pleasure. — Oscar Wilde
• I write because something inner and unconscious forces me to. That is the first compulsion. The second is one of ethical and moral duty. I… — David Guterson
• Today, the UK must be the pioneer of a new model of economic change, that integrates social and environmental consideration. This is not just a… — David Miliband
• A photographer is a witness. He has a moral duty. Every picture must be true and honest. I believe a photographer's strength is his ability… — Edouard Boubat
• If you would make a man happy, study not to augment his goods; but to diminish his wants. One of the greatest services Christianity has… — Orestes Brownson
• The other creatures with which we share this world have their rights too, but not speaking our language, they have no voice, no vote; it… — Roger Tory Peterson
• What I am fighting is the idea that charity is a moral duty and a primary virtue. — Ayn Rand
• The law has been perverted, and the powers of the state have become perverted along with it. The law has not only been turned from… — Frederic Bastiat
• The moral duty of man consists of imitating the moral goodness and beneficence of God, manifested in the creation towards all his creatures. Everything of… — Thomas Paine
• The moral duty of man consists of imitatingthe moral goodness and beneficence of God,manifested in the creation, toward all His creatures. — Thomas Paine
• By the fulfillment of my legal and moral duty I think I have earned punishment just as little as the tens of thousands of dutiful… — Wilhelm Frick
• As a German citizen, as a German professor, and as a political person, I hold it to be not only my right but also my… — Kurt Huber
• 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… — George Washington
• Patriotism is as much a virtue as justice, and is as necessary for the support of societies as natural affection is for the support of… — Benjamin Rush
• [Altruism] is a moral system which holds that man has no right to exist for his own sake, that service to others is the sole… — Ayn Rand
• The moral duty to be expected in different ages is not a unity of standard, or of acts, but a unity of tendency ... At… — William Edward Hartpole Lecky
• Justice is the sum of all moral duty. — William Godwin
• Ultimately, we have just one moral duty: to reclaim large areas of peace in ourselves, more and more peace, and to reflect it towards others.… — Etty Hillesum

Who Wrote These Moral Duty Quotes

25 authors contributed a total of 28 Moral Duty Quotes as follows:

• 2 Moral Duty Quotes by Ayn Rand
• 2 Moral Duty Quotes by Thomas Paine
• 2 Moral Duty Quotes by George Washington
• 1 Moral Duty Quote by William Edward Hartpole Lecky
• 1 Moral Duty Quote by William Godwin
• 1 Moral Duty Quote by Etty Hillesum
• 1 Moral Duty Quote by Sonia Sotomayor
• 1 Moral Duty Quote by William Weld
• 1 Moral Duty Quote by Tadeusz Borowski
• 1 Moral Duty Quote by Edward Abbey
• 1 Moral Duty Quote by Donna Tartt
• 1 Moral Duty Quote by Sam Storms
• 1 Moral Duty Quote by Ernst Fischer
• 1 Moral Duty Quote by John Dewey
• 1 Moral Duty Quote by Karl Popper
• 1 Moral Duty Quote by Oscar Wilde
• 1 Moral Duty Quote by David Guterson
• 1 Moral Duty Quote by David Miliband
• 1 Moral Duty Quote by Edouard Boubat
• 1 Moral Duty Quote by Orestes Brownson
• 1 Moral Duty Quote by Roger Tory Peterson
• 1 Moral Duty Quote by Frederic Bastiat
• 1 Moral Duty Quote by Wilhelm Frick
• 1 Moral Duty Quote by Kurt Huber
• 1 Moral Duty Quote by Benjamin Rush