Character Quote by Thomas Jefferson

The moral sense, or conscience, is as much part of a man as his leg or arm. It is given to all in a…

— Thomas Jefferson

Man was destined for society. His morality, therefore, was to be formed to this object. He was endowed with a sense of right and…

— Thomas Jefferson

I fully subscribe to the judgement of those writers who maintain that of all the differences between man and the lower animal, the moral…

— Charles Darwin

Of all the differences between man and the lower animals, the moral sense or conscience is by far the most important. This sense, as…

— Charles Darwin

Ultimately a highly complex sentiment, having its first origin in the social instincts, largely guided by the approbation of our fellow-men, ruled by reason,…

— Charles Darwin

Of all the differences between man and the lower animals, the moral sense or conscience is by far the most important . . .…

— Charles Darwin

“What we now call "morality" was evolved – as nearly all social and physical human attributes were – to aid us in survival and,…

— David G. McAfee

Conscience, man's moral medicine chest.

— Mark Twain

“The truth is, a person's memory has no more sense that his conscience, and no appreciation whatever of values and proportions.”

— Mark Twain

The moral sense is the first excellence of well-organized man.

— Thomas Jefferson

I believe that justice is instinct and innate, that the moral sense is as much a part of our constitution as that of feeling,…

— Thomas Jefferson

Questions of natural right are triable by their conformity with the moral sense and reason of man.

— Thomas Jefferson

I believe that justice is instinct and innate; the moral sense is as much a part of our constitution as the threat of feeling,…

— Thomas Jefferson

A man's moral sense must be unusually strong if slavery does not make him a thief.

— Thomas Jefferson

The moral sense is as much a part of our constitution as that of feeling, seeing, or hearing.

— Thomas Jefferson