Character Quote by Christopher Simpson

“A society whose moral ideas inhibit their own defense will always suffer defeat by the very predators they deem immoral.”

— Randy Wayne White

“recognize the malice, cunning, and hypocrisy that power produces, and the peculiar ruthlessness often shown by people from “good families.”

— Marcus Aurelius

“The history of cruelty inflicted in the name of morals has convinced me that the increase of identification might achieve what moralizing cannot: beautiful…

— Arne Næss

“That morality—which some people imagine is God-given and eternal—is as malleable and learned as our ideas of beauty, our enemies, our fashion trends.”

— Jo Nesbø

“Every creature is born with a potential store of violence.”

— R.K. Narayan

“The security of society lies in custom and unconscious instinct, and the basis of the stability of society, as a healthy organism, is the…

— Oscar Wilde

“An autocratic system of coercion, in my opinion soon degenerates. For force always attract men of low morality.”

— Albert Einstein

“Moral allegories about people determined to root out wickedness in others while denying it in themselves.” “Actually,”

— Christina Baker Kline

“Morals are nothing but a civilized society’s attempt to tame some beast called man.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Good, capable individuals unconsciously and consciously guard and nurture themselves and their spirits every day in all sorts of choices, large and small. Just…

— Donald Van de Mark

“There was a difference between violent, destructive crimes and bending rules that were prejudiced or predatory to start.”

— Angela Flournoy

“De Sade says you must commit crimes. In using the word crime we're adopting the consensus term, though among ourselves we would not describe…

— Elfriede Jelinek