Moral Quotes

Moral science is better occupied when treating of friendship than of justice. Thomas Aquinas
Friendship Justice Science Better Moral Occupied Than Treating
I am an Epicurean. I consider the genuine (not the imputed) doctrines of Epicurus as containing everything rational in moral philosophy which Greek and Roman leave to us. Thomas Jefferson
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Punishment is now unfashionable... because it creates moral distinctions among men, which, to the democratic mind, are odious. We prefer a meaningless collective guilt to a meaningful individual responsibility. Thomas Szasz
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I think television's become a downright dangerous thing. It has no moral barometer whatsoever. If you want to talk about something that is all about money, just watch the television. Tom Petty
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Prohibition, like so many other policies imposed from the moral high ground, typically by those who do not drink, disproportionately affects the poor who resort to illegally brewed alcohol when they want a drink, not infrequently leading to their death, and are more likely to be harassed by the police. Vikram Patel
Death Police Alcohol Other Resort Prohibition Those High Moral High Ground More Drink Leading Like Likely Policies Imposed Affects Want Poor Harassed Ground Who Many Disproportionately
In many countries today, moral and ethical norms are being reconsidered; national traditions, differences in nation and culture are being erased. Vladimir Putin
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To hold that the act of homosexual sodomy is somehow protected as a fundamental right would be to cast aside millennia of moral teaching. Warren E. Burger
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Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions. Will Durant
Environmental Adjust Moral Conditions Themselves Codes
I think coercive taxation is theft, and government has a moral duty to keep it to a minimum. William Weld
Government Duty Think Minimum Moral Moral Duty Theft Taxation Keep Coercive
States are not moral agents, people are, and can impose moral standards on powerful institutions. Noam Chomsky
People States Moral Powerful Institutions Impose Agents Standards
My Dad is my hero. He's 85 now and he is in great health. He is handsome and strong. He has an incredible moral and ethical backbone. I couldn't have been luckier with my parents. Harry Connick, Jr.
Health Great Strong Hero Parents Incredible Backbone Moral He Been Handsome Ethical Luckier Dad Now
If we are to survive, we must have ideas, vision, and courage. These things are rarely produced by committees. Everything that matters in our intellectual and moral life begins with an individual confronting his own mind and conscience in a room by himself. Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
Life Courage Vision Mind Matters Own Our Everything Moral Must Rarely Individual Ideas Himself His Intellectual Survive Begins Committees Room To Survive Confronting Produced Conscience Things
The intuition of the moral sentiment is an insight of the perfection of the laws of the soul. These laws execute themselves. They are out of time, out of space, and not subject to circumstance. Ralph Waldo Emerson
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I was extremely greedy and lost my moral compass. Andrew Fastow
Lost Greedy Extremely Moral Moral Compass Compass
Israel is following policies which maximise its security threats... policies which choose expansion over security... policies which lead to their moral degradation, their isolation, their delegitimation, as they call it now, and very likely ultimate destruction. That's not impossible. Noam Chomsky
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I profoundly believe it takes a lot of practice to become a moral slob. William F. Buckley, Jr.
Practice Become Believe Slob Moral Takes Lot Profoundly
As a nuclear power - as the only nuclear power to have used a nuclear weapon - the United States has a moral responsibility to act. Barack Obama
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My father left me with his love of Jewish studies and cultural life. To this very day, along with several physicians and scientist colleagues, I take regular periodical lessons taught by a Rabbinical scholar on how the Jewish law views moral and ethical problems related to modern medicine and science. Aaron Ciechanover
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Money has no moral opinions. Abraham Polonsky
Money Moral Opinions
The remarkable thing about 'Avatar' is the degree to which the technology is integral to the story. It is important to show Pandora and its Na'Vi natives in 3-D because 'Avatar' is fundamentally about the moral necessity of seeing other beings fully. Adam Cohen
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Kids who evolve into creative adults tend to have a strong moral compass. Adam Grant
Creative Strong Kids Evolve Moral Moral Compass Tend Adult Who Compass
People often believe that character causes action, but when it comes to producing moral children, we need to remember that action also shapes character. Adam Grant
Character People Remember Action Believe Moral Shapes Also Causes Often Children Producing Need
Americans are blessed with great plenty; we are a generous people and we have a moral obligation to assist those who are suffering from poverty, disease, war and famine. Adam Schiff
War Great Suffering People Obligation Moral Obligation Poverty Blessed Those Plenty Moral Generous American Disease Famine Who Assist
The pretended physical philosophy of modern days strips Man of all his moral attributes, or holds them of no account in the estimate of his origin and place in the created world. Adam Sedgwick
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In some ways, what I learned is that you can take a character and breathe with them, and it's up to the audience to interpret rather than you putting moral stamp on the character. Aden Young
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I did study religion at Northwestern, and it was a very interesting time for me because I think it was the beginning of my personal journey in this understanding of the purpose that religion serves in our culture and in our individual lives. It serves to ground us and be our moral compass. Adrienne C. Moore
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