Without Virtue Quotes

25 quotes by 19 authors

But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is the greatest of all possible evils; for it is folly, vice, and madness, without… — Edmund Burke
The only foundation for . . . a republic is to be laid in Religion. Without this there can be no virtue, and without virtue… — Benjamin Rush
Birth is nothing without virtue, and we have no claim to share in the glory of our ancestors unless we endeavor to resemble them. — Moliere
It is virtue itself that produces and sustains friendship, not without virtue can friendship by any possibility exist. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Without Virtue there can be no liberty — Benjamin Rush
Without virtue, happiness cannot be. — Thomas Jefferson
It is certainly true that a popular government cannot flourish without virtue in the people. — Richard Henry Lee
No free government can stand without virtue in the people, and a lofty spirit of partiotism. — Andrew Jackson
These are the men who, without virtue, labour, or hazard, are growing rich, as their country is impoverished; they rejoice, when obstinacy or ambition adds… — Samuel Johnson
If you can be well without health, you may be happy without virtue. — Edmund Burke
The virtuous carry out the settlement, but those without virtue pursue their claims. — Laozi
[A] free government . . . cannot be supported without Virtue. — Samuel Williams
In a despotic government, the only principle by which the tyrant who is to move the whole machine means to regulate and manage the people… — Samuel Williams
Nobility, without virtue, is a fine setting without a gem — Jane Porter
Without virtue, and without integrity, the finest talents and the most brilliant accomplishments can never gain the respect, and conciliate the esteem, of the truly… — George Washington
Ethics without virtue is an illusion. What is the highest purpose of ethics? It is to make a person good, that is virtuous. — Peter Kreeft
I believe there is one Supreme most perfect being. ... I believe He is pleased and delights in the happiness of those He has created;… — Benjamin Franklin
Freedom without virtue isn't freedom - it will eventually destroy a society. — Rush Limbaugh
A country cannot subsist well without liberty, nor liberty without virtue. — Daniel Webster
People who cannot restrain their own baser instincts, who cannot treat one another with civility, are not capable of self-government... without virtue, a society can… — Charles Colson

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