Morality Quotes

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A tribute . . . is due to the talents, the rectitude, and the patriotism, which adorn the characters selected to devise and adopt [the… — George Washington
An America that is militarily and economically strong is not enough. The world must see an America that is morally strong with a creed and… — Ronald Reagan
Politics and morality are inseparable. And as morality's foundation is religion, religion and politics are necessarily related. We need religion as a guide. We need… — Ronald Reagan
[Our goal] is to help revive America's traditional values: faith, family, neighborhood, work and freedom. Government has no business enforcing these values but neither must… — Ronald Reagan
I have been one who believes that abortion is the taking of a human life . . . . The fact that they could not… — Ronald Reagan
And there is the matter of abortion. We must with calmness and resolve help the vast majority of our fellow Americans understand that the more… — Ronald Reagan
We have God's promise that what we give will be given back many times over, so let us go forth from here and rekindle the… — Ronald Reagan
It's said that prayer can move mountains. Well, it's certainly moved the hearts and minds of Americans in their times of trial and helped them… — Ronald Reagan
Morality makes stupid.- Custom represents the experiences of men of earlier times as to what they supposed useful and harmful - but the sense for… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Suspicious.- To admit a belief merely because it is a custom - but that means to be dishonest, cowardly, lazy! - And so could dishonesty,… — Friedrich Nietzsche
What the individual can do is to give a fine example, and to have the courage to uphold ethical values .. in a society of… — Albert Einstein
Realising the healthy international relations can be created only among populations made up of individuals who themselves are healthy and enjoy a measure a independence,… — Albert Einstein
In talking about human rights today, we are referring primarily to the following demands: protection of the individual against arbitrary infringement by other individuals or… — Albert Einstein
The Nuremberg Trial of the German war criminals was tacitly based on the recognition of the principle: criminal actions cannot be excused if committed on… — Albert Einstein
The morality of an action depends on the motive from which we act. If I fling half a crown to a beggar with intention to… — Samuel Johnson
It's natural to think that living things must be the handiwork of a designer. But it was also natural to think that the sun went… — Steven Pinker
I'll live for me and for other real people. Until some god gives me five minutes of their time...they deserve none of mine. — Matt Dillahunty
With nations as with individuals our interests soundly calculated will ever be found inseparable from our moral duties. — Thomas Jefferson
Music directly imitates the passions or states of the soul...when one listens to music that imitates a certain passion, he becomes imbued withthe same passion;… — Aristotle
In nothing do humans approach so nearly to the gods as doing good to others. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

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