Morality Quotes

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The measure of great men should always be measured by the means they have used to acquire it. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
You can't run a society or cope with its problems if people are not held accountable for what they do. — John Leo
When wrongs are pressed because it is believed they will be borne, resistance becomes morality. — Thomas Jefferson
We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Our constitution was made for a moral… — John Quincy Adams
Count no day lost in which you waited your turn, took only your share and sought advantage over no one. — Robert Breault
Always put off until tomorrow what you shouldn't do at all. — Morris Mandel
The main thing is you have to be under the protection of spirituality, under the protection of morality, under the protection of divine laws. If… — Nirmala Srivastava
Doing for people what they can and ought to do for themselves is a dangerous experiment. In the last analysis, the welfare of the workers… — Samuel Gompers
Morality is doing what is right, no matter what you are told. Religion is doing what you are told, no matter what is right. — H. L. Mencken
The foundation of morality should not be made dependent on myth nor tied to any authority lest doubt about the myth or about the legitimacy… — Albert Einstein
One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. — Arthur C. Clarke
Every fool believes what his teachers tell him, and calls his credulity science or morality as confidently as his father called it divine revelation. — George Bernard Shaw
Morality begins at the point of a gun. — Mao Zedong
Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. It is impossible to rightly govern the world… — George Washington
There never was a strong character that was not made strong by discipline of the will; there never was a strong people that did not… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Civilization is first of all a moral thing. Without truth, respect for duty, love of neighbor, and virtue, everything is destroyed. The morality of a… — Henri Frederic Amiel
We now possess four principles of morality: 1) a philosophical: do good for its own sake, out of respect for the law; 2) a religious:… — Georg C. Lichtenberg
According to Gandhi, the seven sins are wealth without works, pleasure without conscience, knowledge without character, commerce without morality, science without humanity, worship without sacrifice,… — Jimmy Carter
Looking to future generations, there is no cause to fear that the social instincts will grow weaker... the social instincts, - the prime principle of… — Charles Darwin
The foundation of morality is to have done, once and for all, with lying. — Thomas Huxley

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