Morality Quotes - Page 20

• Don't let your special character and values, the secret that you know and no one else does, the truth - don't let that get swallowed up by the great chewing complacency.

  Aesop

  Life, Character, Individuality

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• As a parent and a citizen, I'll take a Bill Gates (or Warren Buffett) over Steve Jobs every time. If we must have billionaires, better they should ignore Jobs's example and instead embrace the morality and wisdom of the great industrialist-philanthropist Andrew Carnegie.

  Eric Alterman

  Jobs, Parent, Example

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• Philosophers and theologians have argued for centuries over the morality of targeted assassinations - a technique that the Israelis use with some frequency - without ever reaching anything approaching consensus.

  Eric Alterman

  Technique, Use, Philosopher

  "Dick Cheney's Shadow Government" by Eric Alterman, www.realclearpolitics.com. July 14, 2009.

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• There is no possible source of evil except good.

  Saint Augustine

  Philosophical, Evil, Religion

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• We do not look in great cities for our best morality.

  Jane Austen

  Pregnancy, Cities, Looks

  "The Complete Novels".

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• Your conscience is the measure of the honesty of your selfishness. Listen to it carefully.

  Richard Bach

  Encouraging, Wisdom, Encouragement

  "With a Conscience — ‘It’s Not You. It’s Me.’" by Claudia King, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 20, 2014.

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• Morals are built on religious faith. Virtue is built on morality and influences a culture.

  Michele Bachmann

  Religious, Culture, Influence

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• It is good to be without vices, but it is not good to be without temptations.

  Walter Bagehot

  Temptation, Religion, Vices

  Walter Bagehot (1968). “The Collected Works of Walter Bagehot: The historical essays. v. 5-8. Political essays”

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• Obviously, marriage is not a synonym for morality. But stable marriages and families do encourage moral behavior.

  Gary Bauer

  Moral Behavior, Marriage And Family, Synonym

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• Of woman as a real human being, with sexual needs and sexual responsibilities, morality has often known nothing.

  Havelock Ellis

  Real, Responsibility, Needs

  Havelock Ellis (2012). “Little Essays of Love and Virtue”, p.46, tredition

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• There is nothing good or evil save in the will.

  Epictetus

  Philosophical, Evil, Religion

  Epictetus (1866). “The Works of Epictetus: Consisting of His Discourses, in Four Books, the Enchiridion, and Fragments”, p.221

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• God created the family to provide the maximum love and support and morality and example that one can imagine.

  Jerry Falwell

  Family Love, Support, Example

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• It's morally wrong to allow a sucker to keep his money.

  W. C. Fields

  Funny, Money, Scams

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• My commitment to the security and future of Israel is based upon basic morality as well as enlightened self-interest. Our role in supporting Israel honors our own heritage.

  Gerald R. Ford

  Pregnancy, Commitment, Israel

  United States. President (1974-1977 : Ford), Gerald R. Ford, United States. Office of the Federal Register (1975). “Gerald R. Ford: Containing the public messages, speeches, and statements of the President”

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• The more highly public life is organized the lower does its morality sink.

  E. M. Forster

  Organization, Doe, Literature

  "What I Believe". Essay by E. M. Forster, "The Nation", July 16, 1938.

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• I have found little that is 'good' about human beings on the whole. In my experience most of them are trash, no matter whether they publicly subscribe to this or that ethical doctrine or to none at all. That is something that you cannot say aloud, or perhaps even think.

  Sigmund Freud

  Thinking, Atheism, Experience

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.

  John Kenneth Galbraith

  Honesty, Integrity, Philosophy

  "Stop the Madness". "The Globe and Mail" Newspaper, July 6, 2002.

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• I reject any religious doctrine that does not appeal to reason and is in conflict with morality.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Faith, Religious, Motherhood

  Mahatma Gandhi (2005). “All Men Are Brothers”, p.72, A&C Black

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• Moral authority is never retained by any attempt to hold on to it. It comes without seeking and is retained without effort.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Struggle, Moral Growth, Effort

  Mahatma Gandhi (1967). “Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi”

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• Morality which depends upon the helplessness of a man or woman has not much to recommend it. Morality is rooted in the purity of our hearts.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Heart, Motherhood, Men

  Mahatma Gandhi (2005). “All Men Are Brothers”, p.159, A&C Black

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• Morality and its victim, the mother - what a terrible picture! Is there indeed anything more terrible, more criminal, than our glorified sacred function of motherhood?

  Emma Goldman

  Mom, Mother, Criminals

  Emma Goldman (2016). “Anarchy and the Sex Question: Essays on Women and Emancipation, 1896–1926”, p.98, PM Press

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• Each man must grant himself the emotions that he needs and the morality that suits him.

  Remy de Gourmont

  Men, Individuality, Suits

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• The time has come for all evangelists to practice full financial disclosure. The world is watching how we walk and how we talk. We must have the highest standards of morality, ethics and integrity if we are to continue to have influence.

  Billy Graham

  Integrity, Practice, World

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• I say Democrats should not be afraid to talk about the morality of life, of caring for children who are born. It seems the Republican obsession with being pro-life lasts about nine months. After that, it’s each baby for herself.

  Jennifer Granholm

  Baby, Children, Caring

  "Republicans: What About Children Outside the Womb?" by Jennifer M. Granholm, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 27, 2012.

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• I guess it was but I think peoples morality has changed. It's gotten more liberal and more diverse and even in a sense much more fundamental, you take the fundamental religious right in this country, its got to go back about 50 years.

  Larry Hagman

  Country, Religious, Thinking

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