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Morality Quotes by George Washington
- [V]irtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government.
- 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…
- Religion and morality are the essential pillars of civil society.
- The foundations of our national policy will be laid in the pure and immutable principles of private morality, and the preeminence of free government be…
- Where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation deserts the oaths . . . ?
- The Hand of providence has been so conspicuous in all this, that he must be worse than an infidel that lacks faith, and more than…
- Observe good faith and justice towards all Nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all. Religion and morality enjoin this conduct; and can it be that…
- May the children of the stock of Abraham who dwell in this land continue to merit and enjoy the good will of the other inhabitants-while…
- A tribute . . . is due to the talents, the rectitude, and the patriotism, which adorn the characters selected to devise and adopt [the…
- `Tis substantially true, that virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government. The rule indeed extends with more or less force to every…
- Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can exist apart from religious principle.
- Freemasonry is an institution founded on eternal reason and truth; whose deep basis is the civilization of mankind, and whose everlasting glory it is to…
- Freemasonry is an order whose leading star is philanthropy and whose principles inculcate an unceasing devotion to the cause of virtue and morality.
- Nowhere does one become more convinced of the strong hold which Freemasonry takes upon the minds and lives of those aging workers in the Craft…
- In his address of 19 September 1796, given as he prepared to leave office, President George Washington spoke about the importance of morality to the…
- The foundation of our national policy will be laid in the pure and immutable principle of private morality.
- Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company.
- Let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality…
- Let us with Caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion.
- 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…
- Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle
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