Moral Principles Quotes

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For the record, I believe elected officials should talk about faith. Our founders believed the moral principles of faith were indispensable to our nation's survival.… — Gary Bauer
We have staked the whole future of our new nation, not upon the power of government; far from it. We have staked the future of… — James Madison
There is no evidence for a god, no coherent definition of a god, no good argument for a god, good positive arguments against a god,… — Dan Barker
In contrast to ethical relativism, Christianity sets forth a system of absolute moral values and affirms that God has placed within the very structure of… — Martin Luther
Let us never lose sight of the fact that education is a preparation for life - and that preparing for life is far more than… — Ezra Taft Benson
Moral principles have lost their distinctiveness. For modern man, absolute right and absolute wrong are a matter of what the majority is doing. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
The founders of this nation understood that private morality is the fount from whence sound public policy springs. Replying to Washington's first inaugural address, the… — Thomas G. West
My position concerning God is that of an agnostic. I am convinced that a vivid consciousness of the primary importance of moral principles for the… — Albert Einstein
When we come to the moral principles on which the government is to be administered, we come to what is proper for all conditions of… — Thomas Jefferson
When people lack teachers, their tendencies are not corrected; when they do not have ritual and moral principles, then their lawlessness is not controlled. — Xunzi
It is a world not of angels but of angles, where men speak of moral principles but act on power principles; a world where we… — Saul Alinsky
It is fairly easy to grasp abstract moral principles; it can be very difficult to apply them to a given situation, particularly when it involves… — Ayn Rand
And so, today, if the state can no longer appeal to the old moral principles that belong to the Christian tradition, it will be forced… — Christopher Dawson
I think that violence and nonviolence are not moral principles, theyâ€™re tactics. — Jerry Vlasak
The Sermon on the Mount does not provide humanity with a complete guide to personal, social and economic problems. It sets forth spiritual attitudes, moral… — Robert McCracken
Since the nature of people is bad, to become corrected they must be taught by teachers and to be orderly they must acquire ritual and… — Xunzi
Is it less dishonest to do what is wrong because it is not expressly prohibited by written law? Let us hope our moral principles are… — Thomas Jefferson
Through the imparting of moral principles, good behaviour, and education we must make the Chandala come up to the level of the Brahmana. — Swami Vivekananda
We (atheists) act in good conscience because we believe in moral principles, not because we expect a reward in Heaven. — Margherita Hack
After the turbulence of death, moral principles and even religious proofs are called into question. — Salvatore Quasimodo

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