Morality Quotes

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[V]irtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government. — George Washington
Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim tribute to… — George Washington
[Liberty] considers religion as the safeguard of morality, and morality as the best security of law and the surest pledge of the duration of freedom. — Alexis de Tocqueville
Nominally a great age of scientific inquiry, ours has become an age of superstition about the infallibility of science; of almost mystical faith in its… — Louis Kronenberger
Hygiene is the corruption of medicine by morality. It is impossible to find a hygienist who does not debase his theory of the healthful with… — H. L. Mencken
I am not advocating a morality based on evolution. — Richard Dawkins
If you can't trust the Bible's history, how can you trust its morality? — Ken Ham
Those who wish to base their morality literally on the Bible have either not read it or not understood it... — Richard Dawkins
Religion I found to be without any tendency to inspire, promote, or confirm morality, serves principally to divide us and make us unfriendly to one… — Benjamin Franklin
The prejudice of unfounded belief often degenerates into the prejudice of custom, and becomes at last rank hypocrisy. When men, from custom or fashion or… — Thomas Paine
I do not believe it right for one group to impose its vision of morality on an entire society. — Nelson Rockefeller
If we did a good act merely from love of God and a belief that it is pleasing to Him, whence arises the morality of… — Thomas Jefferson
Meditation is the art of awareness. And once you are aware, out of your awareness your actions will arise - not out of conscience. Conscience… — Rajneesh
It is something to be able to paint a particular picture, or to carve a statue, and so to make a few objects beautiful; but… — Henry David Thoreau
It is impossible for us, who live in the latter ages of the world, to make observations in criticism, morality, or in any art or… — Joseph Addison
Simple morality dictates that unless and until someone can prove the unborn human is not alive, we must give it the benefit of the doubt… — Ronald Reagan
Anything which is a living and not a dying body... will have to be an incarnate will to power, it will strive to grow, spread,… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Christianity is not a new philosophy or new morality. We are Christians only if we encounter Christ... Only in this personal relationship with Christ, only… — Pope Benedict XVI
[Islam] inspires countless individuals to lead lives of honesty, integrity, and morality. — George W. Bush
Religion and morality are the essential pillars of civil society. — George Washington

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