"Morality is only moral when it is voluntary." — Lincoln Steffens

"Morality is only moral when it is voluntary."

— Lincoln Steffens

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52 Quotes by Lincoln Steffens

Lincoln Steffens has 52 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Somebody must take a chance. There are monkeys who became men, and the monkeys who didn't are still jumping around…
In science, probably ninety-nine percent of the knowable has to be discovered. We know only a few streaks about astronomy.…
The politer the society, the greater the lies it requires.
Nothing is done. Everything in the world remains to be done or done over. The greatest picture is not yet…
First in violence, deepest in dirt, lawless, unlovely, ill-smelling, irreverent, new; an overgrown gawk of a - village, the "tough"…
Chicago will give you a chance. The sporting spirit is the spirit of Chicago.
Care like hell! Sit around the bars and drink, and pose, and pretend, all you want to, but in reality,…
I have seen the future, and it works.
So youve been over into Russia? said Bernard Baruch, and I answered very literally, I have been over into the…
The unknown is the province of the student; it is the field for his lifes adventure, and it is a…
My father made with me one serious mistake which I see parents about me making. He got himself somehow into…
Nothing is done. Everything in the world remains to be done or done over.

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More Ethics Quotes

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The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons. — Aristotle
The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold. — Aristotle
Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, 'Make me feel… — Mary Kay Ash
Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right. — Isaac Asimov
Ethics are not necessarily to do with being law-abiding. I am very interested in the moral path, doing the right… — Kate Atkinson
I want to be very close to someone I respect and admire and have somebody who feels the same way… — Richard Bach
Respect is what we owe; love, what we give. — Philip James Bailey
Great necessities call out great virtues. — Abigail Adams
I like Cinderella, I really do. She has a good work ethic. I appreciate a good, hard-working gal. And she… — Amy Adams
What I respect in people more than anything is work ethic. And Justin Timberlake's got that. He works his tail… — Amy Adams
You do not know our culture, our ethics, or the unwritten codes that already provide our society more order than… — John Perry Barlow
Morality is a private and costly luxury. — Henry Adams

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