Moral Standards Quotes
20 quotes by 20 authors
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States are not moral agents, people are, and can impose moral standards on powerful institutions.
— Noam Chomsky
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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
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Whenever "A" attempts by law to impose his moral standards upon "B," "A" is most likely a scoundrel.
— H. L. Mencken
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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
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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
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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
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Envy never comes to the ball dressed as envy; it comes dressed as high moral standards or distaste for materialism.
— Martin Amis
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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
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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
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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
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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
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People are very inclined to set moral standards for others.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Torture, including practices like waterboarding, violates the legal and moral standards of all civilized nations.
— Jerrold Nadler
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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
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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
20 authors contributed a total of 20 Moral Standards Quotes as follows: