Morality Quotes

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Every man should follow the bent of his nature in art and letters, always provided that he does not offend against the rules of morality… — Thomas Edward Brown
Sex is the point of contact between man and nature, where morality and good intentions fall to primitive urges. — Camille Paglia
Is it possible that the environmental severity of the 1930s induced-particularly in the most aware, alert, and compassionate of [British] men-a morality which makes no… — Robert Ardrey
Every nation makes decisions based on self-interest and defends them on the basis of morality. — William Sloane Coffin
When reason and instinct are reconciled, there will be no higher appeal. — Jean-Philippe Rameau
What I have absolutely no sympathy with is the legislator, the man who seeks, for his own profit, to exploit the weaknesses of those who… — Malcolm Lowry
I am, I must confess, suspicious of those who denounce others for having too much sex. At what point does a healthy amount become too… — Edmund White
The morality of compromise' sounds contradictory. Compromise is usually a sign of weakness, or an admission of defeat. Strong men don't compromise, it is said,… — Charles Handy
I think it is very difficult to legislate for morality. — Ben Elton
The roles of art, morality, religion, political faith, science itself are not to repair organic exhaustion nor to provide sound functioning of the organs. All… — Emile Durkheim
Everywhere, the ethical predicament of our time imposes itself with an urgency which suggests that even the question Have we anything to eat? will be… — Hugo Ball
Politics is chiefly a function of culture, at the heart of culture is morality, and at the heart of morality is religion. — Richard John Neuhaus
Guided by nothing but pop culture values, many children no longer learn how to think about morality and virtue, or to think of them at… — Gary Bauer
I mean, technology is amoral. It has no morality. — Robert Ballard
In a constitutional democracy the moral content of law must be given by the morality of the framer or legislator, never by the morality of… — Robert Bork
It makes me upset, if not angry, when people assume that there can be no morality without a religious framework. If there's a moral framework… — Jane Asher
I'm not saying that atheists can't act morally or have moral knowledge. But when I ascribe virtue to an atheist, it's as a theist who… — William A. Dembski
I have always maintained that society has no business dictating morality. — Peter Fonda
My parents were pretty lenient with me. But, they gave me morality while I was growing up. They taught me the difference between right and… — Mark Hoppus
All I can hope to do is instill great morality in my son and trust him along the way. The music he listens to or… — Mark Hoppus

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