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Morality Quotes by Frederic Bastiat
- When law and morality contradict each other, the citizen has the cruel alternative of either losing his moral sense or losing his respect for the…
- Legal plunder has two roots: One, as we have just seen, is in human selfishness; the other is in false philanthropy.
- No society can exist if respect for the law does not to some extent prevail; but the surest way to have the laws respected is…
- I believe that my theory is correct; for whatever be the question upon which I am arguing, whether it be religious, philosophical, political, or economical;…
More Morality Quotes
- Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave… — Aristotle
- The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature, indeed, prepares in us the ground for… — Aristotle
- Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one. — Marcus Aurelius
- We do not look in our great cities for our best morality. — Jane Austen
- Your conscience is the measure of the honesty of your selfishness. Listen to it carefully. — Richard Bach
- Morals are built on religious faith. Virtue is built on morality and influences a culture. — Michele Bachmann
- Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. — Lord Acton
- The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern: every class is unfit to govern. — Lord Acton
- Freedom, morality, and the human dignity of the individual consists precisely in this; that he does good not because he is forced… — Mikhail Bakunin
- Morality is a private and costly luxury. — Henry Adams
- Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other. — John Adams
- Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases. — John Adams