Moral Sense Quotes

61 quotes by 46 authors

The moral sense enables one to perceive morality, and avoid it. The immoral sense enables one to perceive immorality and enjoy it. — Mark Twain
The moral sense reappears today with the same morning newness that has been from of old the fountain of beauty and strength. You say there… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
When law and morality contradict each other, the citizen has the cruel alternative of either losing his moral sense or losing his respect for the… — Frederic Bastiat
Man was destined for society. His morality, therefore, was to be formed to this object. He was endowed with a sense of right and wrong… — Thomas Jefferson
Of all the differences between man and the lower animals, the moral sense or conscience is by far the most important . . . [I]t… — Charles Darwin
I fully subscribe to the judgement of those writers who maintain that of all the differences between man and the lower animal, the moral sense… — Charles Darwin
Ultimately a highly complex sentiment, having its first origin in the social instincts, largely guided by the approbation of our fellow-men, ruled by reason, self-interest,… — Charles Darwin
Currency speculation-over a trillion dollars a day-is a tax-free activity. The notion of a tax on "day trades" or other speculative swaps was revived in… — Eric Kierans
No society can exist if respect for the law does not to some extent prevail; but the surest way to have the laws respected is… — Frederic Bastiat
The moral sense is as much a part of our constitution as that of feeling, seeing, or hearing. — Thomas Jefferson
A man that has lost moral sense is like a man in battle with both of his legs shot off: he has nothing to stand… — Henry Ward Beecher
Of how much importance is it, that the utmost pains be taken by the public to have the principles of virtue early inculcated on the… — Samuel Adams
Questions of natural right are triable by their conformity with the moral sense and reason of man. — Thomas Jefferson
I believe that justice is instinct and innate, that the moral sense is as much a part of our constitution as that of feeling, seeing,… — Thomas Jefferson
Four innate sentiments dispose people to a universal moral sense. These are sympathy, fairness, self-control and duty. — James Q. Wilson
Because we are free we can never be indifferent to the fate of freedom elsewhere. Our moral sense dictates a clearcut preference for these societies… — Jimmy Carter
I have a strong moral sense - by my standards. — Rex Stout
The following proposition seems to me in a high degree probableâ€”namely, that any animal whatever, endowed with well-marked social instincts, the parental and filial affections… — Charles Darwin
Nobody in the world, nobody in history, has ever gotten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense of the people who were oppressing them. — Assata Shakur
Take, therefore, what modern technology is capable of: the power of our moral sense allied to the power of communications and our ability to organize… — Gordon Brown

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