Moral Quotes

Very ancient parts of the brain are involved in moral decision making. Frans de Waal
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I would never play a character that wasn't true. It's not a moral thing; it's just that it's more convincing if it's a little bit like me. Fred Armisen
Character Me Bit Moral Would More Never True Like Just Little Little Bit Convincing Play Thing
With regard to the moral and religious condition of the slaves, I cannot, either from what I observe, or from what is told me, consider it in any way gratifying. Frederick Law Olmsted
Me Consider Way Moral Religious Observe Condition Any Regard Cannot Either Gratifying Slaves
Just carrying a ruler with you in your pocket should be forbidden, at least on a moral basis. The ruler is the symbol of the new illiteracy. The ruler is the symptom of the new disease, disintegration of our civilisation. Friedensreich Hundertwasser
You Symptom Our Ruler Moral Carrying Pocket Civilisation New Forbidden Least Disease Just Disintegration Should Your Illiteracy Symbol Basis
Actually, the notion of what is acceptable for a moral government to do seems to have eroded in some ways since 9-11. Not to get too political here, but countries, including our own, seem to have accepted what was once almost unimaginable - condoning torture, for example, and even criminalizing peaceful protest. Gail Simone
Government Political Example Own Too Our Once Ways Moral Torture Some Seem Seems Almost Countries Since For Example Acceptable Protest Accepted Eroded Get Unimaginable Notion Even Including Peaceful Actually Here
Enhanced interrogation is not to be considered lightly, but the use of enhanced interrogation techniques does not require moral people to abandon their beliefs. Rather, it is precisely during these difficult times that one's beliefs about life, justice and mercy become indispensible. Gary Bauer
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Obviously, marriage is not a synonym for morality. But stable marriages and families do encourage moral behavior. Gary Bauer
Marriage Behavior Synonym Marriages Moral Morality Obviously Encourage Families Stable
America used to have a strong 'moral safety net' for its people. Today that net is badly frayed, not only because families are disintegrating but also because the church doesn't play the same role that it once did in many Americans' lives. Gary Bauer
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Guided by nothing but pop culture values, many children no longer learn how to think about morality and virtue, or to think of them at all. They grow up with no shared moral framework, believing that the highest values are diversity, tolerance and non-judgmentalism. Gary Bauer
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For the record, I believe elected officials should talk about faith. Our founders believed the moral principles of faith were indispensable to our nation's survival. The Declaration of Independence mentions God four times. Gary Bauer
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There is increasing social concern about our use of nonhumans for experiments, food, clothing and entertainment. This concern about animals reflects both our own moral development as a civilization and our recognition that the differences between humans and animals are, for the most part, differences of degree and not of kind. Gary L. Francione
Food Entertainment Degree Animals Own Differences Increasing Our Recognition Kind Moral About Both Civilization Part Development Between Most Concern Reflects Clothing Experiments Social Use Humans
There is no moral distinction between fur and other materials made from animals, such as leather, which also is the result of the suffering and death of sentient beings. Gary L. Francione
Death Suffering Result Made Animals Other Fur Distinction Moral Between Also Leather Materials Which Sentient Beings
We do not think clearly about our moral obligations to animals. Gary L. Francione
Obligations Animals Think Our Moral About Clearly
History is full of examples of people who clamp down after they began to enjoy too much freedom. Freedom can lead to instability, anarchy, and confusion. So there can be a moral counter-revolution. Gary Ross
Freedom History People Confusion Too Much Down Enjoy Too Anarchy Moral Examples Instability Lead Began After Much Full Who
The self is just our operation center, our consciousness, our moral compass. So, if we want to act more effectively in the world, we have to get to know ourselves better. Gary Wolf
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It is simply a moral obligation to make sure our nation's heroes have a home to return to at night. Gene Green
Home Obligation Heroes Moral Obligation Nation Our Moral Simply Make Return Sure Night
There is a yearning for people to return to elementary moral virtues, such as integrity and commitment. We distrust people who have no centering of values. We greatly respect businessmen, for example, if they display those virtues, even if we don't necessarily agree with the people. Geoff Mulgan
Respect Integrity Commitment People Values Example Virtues Those Moral Distrust For Example Return Yearning Greatly Who Businessmen Agree Display Even Elementary Necessarily
Every man has his moral backside which he refrains from showing unless he has to and keeps covered as long as possible with the trousers of decorum. Georg C. Lichtenberg
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I do think of my films as morality plays, even though my reputation is, you know, splatter films and like that. But I think of them as very moral. George A. Romero
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An Englishman thinks he is moral when he is only uncomfortable. George Bernard Shaw
Moral Only Uncomfortable He Englishman Thinks
We must get back to a very strong Christianity... Christianity shaped America and England, and we need to get back to those moral foundations that made us great. George Carey
Great Strong Made Christianity Back Those Moral Must Shaped Very America Get Us England Foundations Need
All moral laws are merely statements that certain kinds of actions will have good effects. George Edward Moore
Good Will Statements Moral Kinds Laws Merely Effects Certain Actions
The only moral question with suicide bombing is who the target is. And in that sense, the suicide bomber is no different from the stealth bomber or the cruise missile. If it is targeted at civilian people, then it is morally wrong, whether done by Bush, Blair, or a suicide bomber. George Galloway
People Sense Suicide Moral Morally Morally Wrong Civilian Only Blair Stealth Cruise Wrong Missile Question Target Targeted Done Different Whether Bush Then Who Bomber Bombing
The Concert for Bangladesh was just a moral stance. George Harrison
Moral Concert Bangladesh Just Stance
Sincerity is moral truth. George Henry Lewes
Truth Moral Sincerity
There is no moral equivalency between those who would kill using children, innocent civilians, children and adults, in their homes and in their places of worship, to that of a government that is seeking those terrorists before they can engage in that awful activity. George Pataki
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