Morality Quotes

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The imperative need of this nation at all times is the leadership of Uncommon Men or Women. — Herbert Hoover
No great question will ever be settled in dollars and cents. Great questions must be settled on moral grounds and the tests of what makes… — Herbert Hoover
Truth alone can stand the guns of criticism. — Herbert Hoover
No public man can be just a little crooked. There is no such thing as a no-man's land between honesty and dishonesty. — Herbert Hoover
We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics. Out of the collapse of a prosperity… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
Part of the problem with extreme patriotism is that it makes the support of one's country and its policies unconditional. Moderate patriots, on the other… — Stephen Nathanson
The idea that there is a God who rewards and punishes, and who can reward, if he so wishes, the meanest and vilest of the… — Robert Green Ingersoll
Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can exist apart from religious principle. — George Washington
Surely it is the maxim of loving-kindness: Do not unto others that you would not have them do unto you. — Confucius
It cannot be said too often that actions are good or bad in the light of consequences, and that a clear perception of consequences would… — Robert Green Ingersoll
The ideas of right and wrong change with the experience of the race, and this change is wrought by the gradual ascertaining of consequences -… — Robert Green Ingersoll
The highest ethical duty is often to discard the outmoded ethics of the past. — Corliss Lamont
Overemphasis on the sex aspect of morality has led to a neglect of its other aspects and a narrowing of its range. — Corliss Lamont
When you choose wrong because it suits you right now, the message you give others is that when it suits you, you may likely do… — Laura Schlessinger
Integrity, honesty, and honor may not give immediate rewards or gratification, and they can be life-threatening (for example, being a whistle-blower or turning state's evidence).… — Laura Schlessinger
The reward for doing right is mostly an internal phenomenon: self-respect, dignity, integrity, and self-esteem. . . . Not doing right may have momentary payoffs… — Laura Schlessinger
It seems then, say I, that you leave politics entirely out of the question, and never suppose, that a wise magistrate can justly be jealous… — David Hume
Productiveness is your acceptance of morality, your recognition of the fact that you choose to live-that productive work is the process by which man's consciousness… — Ayn Rand
If religion is the establishing of a relationship between man and the universe, then morality is the explanation of those activities that automatically result when… — Leo Tolstoy
It is unreasonable [for a father] to expect moral success with [his] children without submitting to the laws of morality. — Larry Christenson

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