Morality Quotes

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...the right of holding slaves is clearly established in the Holy Scriptures, both by precept and example... Had the holding of slaves been a moral… — Richard Furman
I never did, or countenanced, in public life, a single act inconsistent with the strictest good faith; having never believed there was one code of… — Thomas Jefferson
Could many of our ills today have resulted from our failure to train a strong citizenry from the only source we have - the boys… — Ezra Taft Benson
Possessed of courage but devoid of morality, a superior man will make trouble while a small man will be a brigand. — Confucius
You always hold the key of repentance to unlock the prison door. If they throw the word diversity at you, grab hold of it and… — Boyd K. Packer
Morality is a test of our conformity rather than our integrity. — Jane Rule
The definition of morality: Morality is the idiosyncrasy of decadents having the hidden desire to revenge themselves upon life - and being successful. — Friedrich Nietzsche
To do as one would be done by, and to love one's neighbour as oneself, constitute the ideal perfection of utilitarian morality — John Stuart Mill
cruelty to animals is contrary to man's duty to himself, because it deadens in him the feeling of sympathy for their sufferings, and thus a… — Immanuel Kant
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
Evolution is promoted by its practitioners as more than mere science. Evolution is promulgated as an ideology, a secular religion - a full-fledged alternative to… — Michael Ruse
There is no society known where a more or less developed criminality is not found under different forms. No people exists whose morality is not… — Emile Durkheim
Dostoevsky preaches the morality of the pariah, the morality of the slave. — Georg Brandes
Man can learn self-discipline without becoming ascetic; he can be wise without waiting to be old; he can be influential without waiting for status. Man… — Neal A. Maxwell
I hope that my children, at least, if not I myself, will see the day when ignorance of the primary laws and facts of science… — Charles Kingsley
A man is not moral because he is obedient through fear or ignorance. Morality lives in the realm of perceived obligation... — Robert Green Ingersoll
Sportsmanship...what a load of crap, don't preach your morality to me. Steve Austin doesn't have any mercy... you want mercy? Take your *ss to church! — Stone Cold Steve Austin
The only assurance of our nation's safety is to lay our foundation in morality and religion. — Abraham Lincoln
To me, God is Truth and Love; God is ethics and morality: God is fearlessness. God is the source of Light and Life and yet… — Mahatma Gandhi
We are primitive men; we taboo what we desire and need. How did the denying of love come to be associated with the idea of… — Christina Stead

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