Moral Law Quotes
58 quotes by 36 authors
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In conclusion it may be said that sin may be defined as lack of conformity to the moral law of God, either in act, disposition,…
— Louis Berkhof
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Sin is any failure to conform to the moral law of God in act, attitude, or nature
— Wayne Grudem
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Sin is lack of conformity to the moral law of God, either in act, disposition, or state
— Augustus Hopkins Strong
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It is almost impossible systematically to constitute a natural moral law. Nature has no principles. She furnishes us with no reason to believe that human…
— Anatole France
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God help us, ma'am! Do you see what we saw? We saw that we'd been given a law to live by, a moral law, they…
— Ayn Rand
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The very idea of freedom presupposes some objective moral law which overarches rulers and ruled alike...Unless we return to the crude and nursery-like belief in…
— C.S. Lewis
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The consummate leader cultivates the moral law, and strictly adheres to method and discipline; thus it is in his power to control success.
— Sun Tzu
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A bifurcation of loyalties that requires religious to put canon law above civil law and moral law puts us in a situation where the keepers…
— Joan D. Chittister
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There are two types of laws: there are just laws and there are unjust laws... What is the difference between the two?...An unjust law is…
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
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A just law is a man-made code that squares with the moral law or the law of God. An unjust law is a code that…
— Martin Luther
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Independence can be trusted nowhere but with the people in mass. They are inherently independent of all but moral law.
— Thomas Jefferson
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History is a voice forever sounding across the centuries the laws of right and wrong. Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the…
— James Anthony Froude
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The Moral Law tells us the tune we have to play: our instincts are merely the keys.
— C.S. Lewis
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There is nothing indulgent about the Moral Law. It is as hard as nails. If God is like the Moral Law, then He is not…
— C.S. Lewis
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One can regard the moral law as an illusion, and so cut himself off from the common ground of humanity.
— C.S. Lewis
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No government is lawful or innocent that does not recognize the moral law as the only universal law, and God as the Supreme Lawgiver and…
— Charles Grandison Finney
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The moral law of God is the only law of individuals and of nations, and nothing can be rightful government but such as is established…
— Charles Grandison Finney
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The obligation of human beings to support and obey human governments, while they legislate upon the principles of the moral law, is an unalterable as…
— Charles Grandison Finney
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We look upon this shaken earth, and we declare our firm and fixed purpose-the building of a peace with justice in a world where moral…
— Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Stargazing is one of the most profoundly human things one can do. But perhaps we must more frequently tear ourselves away from the mystery and…
— Jack Gleeson
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