Morality Quotes

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The rules of morality are not the conclusion of our reason. — David Hume
The quality of moral behavior varies in inverse ratio to the number of human beings involved. — Aldous Huxley
Teach a child what is wise, that is morality. Teach him what is wise and beautiful, that is religion! — Thomas Huxley
Money, not morality, is the principle commerce of civilized nations. — Thomas Jefferson
Nothing is unchangeable but the inherent and unalienable rights of man. — Thomas Jefferson
Truth is certainly a branch of morality and a very important one to society. — Thomas Jefferson
I would always encourage people of any age not to be so quick to follow other people's truths but to search and follow your own… — Jewel
Behaving morally because of a hope of reward or a fear of punishment is not morality. Morality is not bribery or threats. Religion is bribery… — Penn Jillette
Morality is not the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy, but how we may make ourselves worthy of happiness. — Immanuel Kant
Democracy without morality is impossible. — Jack Kemp
I look forward to a great future for America - a future in which our country will match its military strength with our moral restraint,… — John F. Kennedy
He was a crystal of morality among our scientists. — Nikita Khrushchev
I believe that my art gets across the point that I'm in this morality theater trying to help the underdog, and I'm speaking socially here,… — Jeff Koons
Morality is a venereal disease. Its primary stage is called virtue; its secondary stage, boredom; its tertiary stage, syphilis. — Karl Kraus
Christian morality prefers remorse to precede lust, and then lust not to follow. — Karl Kraus
A novel that does not uncover a hitherto unknown segment of existence is immoral. Knowledge is the novel's only morality. — Milan Kundera
Leadership consists not in degrees of technique but in traits of character; it requires moral rather than athletic or intellectual effort, and it imposes on… — Lewis H. Lapham
There's always the hyena of morality at the garden gate, and the real wolf at the end of the street. — D. H. Lawrence
The true artist doesn't substitute immorality for morality. On the contrary, he always substitutes a finer morality for a grosser one. — D. H. Lawrence
Every man has his moral backside which he refrains from showing unless he has to and keeps covered as long as possible with the trousers… — Georg C. Lichtenberg

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