Deposits Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr

One of the most destructive anti-concepts in the history of moral philosophy is the term 'duty.

— Ayn Rand

History is either a moral argument with lessons for the here-and-now, or it is merely an accumulation of pointless facts.

— Andrew Marr

“History is made up of "moral" judgments based on politics. We condemned Lenin's acceptance of money from the Germans in 1917 but were discreetly…

— Saul D. Alinsky

Emerson was such an important figure in our literary history, and in the moral and religious development of our people, that attention cannot be…

— John Burroughs

It has therewith come to be recognized that the history of moral valuations is at the same time the history of an error, the…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

In human history a moral victory is always a disaster, for it debauches and degrades both the victor and the vanquished.

— H. L. Mencken

I wasn't reading it [the Bible] as literature. I was reading it as literature, and as history, and as a moral guide, and as…

— David Plotz

Faith gives the assurance that our lives and our history have a moral design.

— George W. Bush

“Girls “going wild” aren’t damaging a generation of women, the myth of sexual purity is. The lie of virginity—the idea that such a thing…

— Jessica Valenti

There is increasing social concern about our use of nonhumans for experiments, food, clothing and entertainment. This concern about animals reflects both our own…

— Gary L. Francione

“The Second, the Fourth and the Sixth Spheres are for those who desire to grow in their mental and moral pursuits of natural love.…

— Padma Aon Prakasha

Since lawyers are thinkers and not feelers, and their moral development is locked into the rigidity of maintaining law and order, they often come…

— Thane Rosenbaum

As blacks, we need not be afraid that encouraging moraldevelopment, a conscience and guilt will prevent social action. Black children without the ability to…

— James P Comer

“A steady recognition that the evils which prevent the fullness of moral development are precisely the elements which are also the source of the…

— Michael Polanyi

Many humanists have argued that happiness involves a combination of hedonism and creative moral development; that an exuberant life fuses excellence and enjoyment, meaning…

— Paul Kurtz