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- But the most important lesson I have learned in my twenty years or research on morality is that nearly all people are morally motivated. Selfishness…
- The mind is divided, like a rider on an elephant, and the rider’s job is to serve the elephant. The rider is our conscious reasoning-the…
- Liberals and conservatives are opponents in the most literal sense, each using the myth of pure evil to demonize the other side and unite there…
- Let me say it diplomatically: Most religions are tribal to some degree.
- Most of our social nature is like that of other primates - we're mostly out for ourselves.
- The most powerful force ever known on this planet is human cooperation - a force for construction and destruction.
- Democrats talk about programs like Social Security or Medicare, but it's not clear to most voters what Democrats' core moral values are.
More Most Quotes
- The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
- The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution. — Hannah Arendt
- No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our history has… — Hannah Arendt
- The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes. — Aristotle
- Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion. — Aristotle
- The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons. — Aristotle
- Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved. — Aristotle
- For as the eyes of bats are to the blaze of day, so is the reason in our soul to the things… — Aristotle
- Most people would rather give than get affection. — Aristotle
- What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue… — Aristotle
- My mother is the coolest, most amazing person I know. — J. J. Abrams
- The most deeply personal of my works are the non-fiction works, the autobiographical works, because there, I'm talking about myself very directly. — Paul Auster