Moral Standards Quotes

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States are not moral agents, people are, and can impose moral standards on powerful institutions. — Noam Chomsky
Since Western society is deteriorating, it has become overrun with immorality, and God is going to judge it, and destroy it. And the only way… — Malcolm X
Whenever "A" attempts by law to impose his moral standards upon "B," "A" is most likely a scoundrel. — H. L. Mencken
Human knowledge and skills alone cannot lead humanity to a happy and dignified life. Humanity has every reason to place the proclaimers of high moral… — Albert Einstein
Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore officially introduced his history-making running mate today, Senator Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut....In their first joint appearance they gave a preview… — Dan Rather
I should be able to express moral views on social issues. . . without being slandered, accused of hate speech, and told from those who… — Kirk Cameron
Envy never comes to the ball dressed as envy; it comes dressed as high moral standards or distaste for materialism. — Martin Amis
Boys are more likely to develop a masculine personality and acquire strong moral standards when they have a loving and nurturant rather than a threatening… — James Q. Wilson
A belief in moral absolutes should always make us more, not less, critical of both sides in any conflict. This doesn't mean that both sides… — Joseph Sobran
By "moral discipline," I mean self-discipline based on moral standards. Moral discipline is the consistent exercise of agency to choose the right because it is… — D. Todd Christofferson
The first step in understanding the sex industry is to understand the customers, the johns. ... These men have already violated moral standards - and… — Joseph Parker
People are very inclined to set moral standards for others. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
My folks were raised pure prohibitionist. They were very good people, with high moral standards - but very repressed. There was no hugging and kissing… — Hugh Hefner
By abrogating all moral standards in their war against Israel, Arab and Muslim leaders initiated a process of moral collapse that has ended by soaking… — David Frum
In a way, fraud in business is no different from infidelity in marriage or plagiarism in scholarly work. Even people committed to high moral standards… — Miroslav Volf
Undermine their pompous authority, reject their moral standards, make anarchy and disorder your trademarks. Cause as much chaos and disruption as possible but don't let… — Sid Vicious
The trouble with Eichmann was precisely that so many were like him, and that the many were neither perverted nor sadistic, that they were, and… — Hannah Arendt
Torture, including practices like waterboarding, violates the legal and moral standards of all civilized nations. — Jerrold Nadler
We have to be bold in our national ambitions. First, we must win the fight against poverty within the next decade. Second, we must improve… — Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
I think the people at my record label know I'm a Christian and again, I've been really blessed that I've never had to get into… — Jonny Lang

Who Wrote These Moral Standards Quotes

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