Bounds Quote by John Stuart Mill

Moral maxims are surprisingly useful on occasions when we can invent little else to justify our actions.

— Alexander Pushkin

“... if we adopt the principle of universality: if an action is right (or wrong) for others, it is right (or wrong) for us.…

— Noam Chomsky

It is only within a free society that the crucial moral features of human life can be protected and preserved

— Tibor R. Machan

One might rationally argue that individual human beings should be free choose what moral behavior they approve of, and which they don't, subject to…

— Lawrence M. Krauss

There is very little real liberty in the world; even those who seem freest are often the most tightly bound. Law, custom, public opinion,…

— Louisa May Alcott

It clearly follows that to make men moral it is necessary to make their social environment moral. And that can be done in only…

— Mikhail Bakunin

People are very inclined to set moral standards for others.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Liberty, equality - bad principles! The only true principle for humanity is justice; and justice to the feeble is protection and kindness.

— Henri Frederic Amiel

There is very little real liberty in the world; even those who seem freest are often the most tightly bound. Law, custom, public opinion,…

— Louisa May Alcott

“The general idea of universal moral norms is ancient, widespread, and endorsed by practically every moral authority up until late in the modern period.”

— Heath White

Every wise, just, and mild government, by rendering the condition of its subjects easy and secure, will always abound most in people, as well…

— David Hume

The very essence of our civilization is that we give a paramount place to morality in all our affairs, public or private.

— Mahatma Gandhi