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Moral Sense Quotes by Thomas Jefferson
- 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…
- The moral sense is as much a part of our constitution as that of feeling, seeing, or hearing.
- Questions of natural right are triable by their conformity with the moral sense and reason of man.
- 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,…
- The moral sense is the first excellence of well-organized man.
- The moral sense, or conscience, is as much part of a man as his leg or arm. It is given to all in a stronger…
- The moral sense, or conscience, is as much a part of man as his leg or arm. It is given to all human beings in…
- I believe that justice is instinct and innate; the moral sense is as much a part of our constitution as the threat of feeling, seeing…
More Moral Sense Quotes
- 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.… — 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… — Frederic Bastiat
- Man was destined for society. His morality, therefore, was to be formed to this object. He was endowed with a sense of… — Thomas Jefferson
- Of all the differences between man and the lower animals, the moral sense or conscience is by far the most important .… — Charles Darwin
- I fully subscribe to the judgement of those writers who maintain that of all the differences between man and the lower animal,… — 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… — 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… — Eric Kierans
- No society can exist if respect for the law does not to some extent prevail; but the surest way to have the… — 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… — 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… — Samuel Adams