Morality Quotes

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Present-day American society-whether through pop culture, religion, or institutions-conflates sexuality and morality constantly. Idolizing virginity as a stand-in for womenâ€™s morality means that nothing else… — Jessica Valenti
There is a huge gap between us (Jews) and our enemies, not just in ability but in morality, culture, sanctity of life, and conscience. They… — Moshe Katsav
There must be some point, at which the lawyer's own personal and social morality will rebel against his traditional allegiance to his client. — Harry Jones
But I think it is a serious issue to wonder about the other platonic absolutes of say beauty and morality. — Roger Penrose
If anyone tells you that you cannot legislate morality, remeber that legislation IS morality. — Jay Sekulow
By a peculiar prerogative, not only each individual is making daily advances in the sciences, and may make advances in morality (which is the science,… — Blaise Pascal
There is no more reason for a room on a stage to be a reproduction of an actual room than for an actor who plays… — Robert Edmond Jones
Disbelief in futurity loosens in a great measure the ties of morality, and may be for that reason pernicious to the peace of civil society. — David Hume
The really difficult moral issues arise, not from a confrontation of good and evil, but from a collision between two goods — Irving Kristol
There are no trifles in the moral universe of God. Speak me a word to-day; ? it shall go ringing on through the ages. — William Morley Punshon
I think we have to give religion its due. I think we have to respect those for whom religion is important, but equally respect those… — Alan Dershowitz
Moralizing and morals are two entirely different things and are always found in entirely different people — Don Herold
Sanctimony is the most inexpensive form of morality. It costs us nothing to make much of small matters in others. — David Horowitz
There is a moral law in this world which has its application both to individuals and organized bodies of men. You cannot go on violating… — Rabindranath Tagore
It doesnt matter what you do if you dont do what matters. If you do what matters it doesnt matter what you do. — Thomas Sowell
It is long accepted by the missionaries that morality is inversely proportional to the amount of clothing people wore — Alex Carey
Morality is the thing upon which your friends smile, and immorality is the thing upon which they frown — Elbert Hubbard
For over two thousand years it has been the custom among earnest moralists to decry happiness as something degraded and unworthy — Bertrand Russell
Moral sentences appear ostentatious and tumid, when they have no greater occasions than the journey of a wit to his home town: yet such pleasures… — Samuel Johnson
What restrains us from killing is partly fear of punishment, partly moral scruple, and partly what may be described as a sense of humor — H. L. Mencken

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