Authority Quote by Chuck Todd

The U.S. used to be perceived as the moral leader of the world, and we have absolutely lost that.

— Tom Ford

I ask that all Americans demonstrate in their personal and public lives... the high ethical standards that are essential to good character and to…

— William J. Clinton

I am convinced that the majority of American people do understand that we have a moral responsibility to foster the concepts of opportunity, free…

— Richard Lugar

You look at the Americans. They don't lack fervour in moral causes. They promote democracy, freedom of speech, women's rights, gay rights, sometimes even…

— Lee Hsien Loong

Moral authority comes from following universal and timeless principles like honesty, integrity, treating people with respect.

— Stephen Covey

We live in a unipolar world at this point with America as a moral arbiter and the whole morality is based on this insane…

— Ian Svenonius

Americans have been taught that their nation is civilized and humane. But, too often, U.S. actions have been uncivilized and inhumane.

— Howard Zinn

In the West, they have morality. We pretend to be moral people but we are not. We do not have a moral code.

— Himani Shivpuri

Good moral actions are not enough. Everything in us, from the very depths, must be cleansed and reordered...

— Thomas Merton

It is a depressing fact that Americans tend to confuse morality and art (to the detriment of both) and that, among the educated, morality…

— Pauline Kael

Americans ought to be the best-traveled, most cosmopolitan people on earth, not only because experience of the world is desirable in its own right,…

— Shana Alexander

People are very inclined to set moral standards for others.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson