Character Quote by William Godwin

National character cannot be built by law. It is the sum of the moral fiber of its individuals.

— Herbert Hoover

I read these words which are the sum of all moral philosophy, and which cut short all the disputes of the casuists: When in…

— Voltaire

Self-love . . . is the sole antagonist of virtue, leading us constantly by our propensities to self-gratification in violation of our moral duties to others.

— Thomas Jefferson

The interests of a nation, when well understood, will be found to coincide with their moral duties.

— Thomas Jefferson

On an occasion of this kind it becomes more than a moral duty to speak one's mind. It becomes a pleasure.

— Oscar Wilde

I think coercive taxation is theft, and government has a moral duty to keep it to a minimum.

— William Weld

The moral duty of man consists of imitatingthe moral goodness and beneficence of God,manifested in the creation, toward all His creatures.

— Thomas Paine

For my part, let me be clear: protecting those in society most at risk of harm, those crushed at the bottom of the heap,…

— Amber Rudd

We are firmly convinced, and we act on that conviction, that with nations as with individuals our interests soundly calculated will ever be found…

— Thomas Jefferson

[Altruism] is a moral system which holds that man has no right to exist for his own sake, that service to others is the…

— Ayn Rand

“If you think of yourself as a follower of Christ’s teachings, if you consider yourself a good person, you are morally obligated to be…

— Oliver Markus Malloy

As a German citizen, as a German professor, and as a political person, I hold it to be not only my right but also…

— Kurt Huber