Moral Quotes
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So far as regards their moral character, the Finns have as little cause for reproach as any other people.
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It's true that Paris is made up of equal parts of social conservatism and anarchic experimentation, but foreigners never quite know where to place the moral accent mark.
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Men are more moral than they think and far more immoral than they can imagine.
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The idea of telling a story in reverse destabilises your ordinary moral reactions. That's one of the points of art - to challenge your preconceptions.
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Much of the world's moral compass is broken. The moral north reads south and the moral south reads north.
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I am what I want. What I seek to consume, possess, and achieve is a mirror that reflects my lusts and cravings, values and priorities, and moral boundaries or lack thereof.
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The United States lost a bit of the moral high ground when it comes to warning the world of the danger of cyberattacks.
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Whether or not one has won the Nobel Prize, each of us living in contact with our fellowmen feels a joint responsibility for all forms of suffering, both physical and moral.
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I've a problem with the word charity because I think that NGOs, as I prefer calling them, really do take the work of moral and social responsibilities that ought to be taken on by governments.
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The moral of 'The Three Bears,' for instance, is 'Never break into someone else's house.' The moral of 'Snow White' is 'Never eat apples.' The moral of World War One is 'Never assassinate Archduke Ferdinand'. -Lemony Snicket
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Under the leadership of President Bush and Vice President Cheney, the United States has given up the moral high ground that we used to occupy as an international leader.
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Those who cultivate moral confusion for profit should understand this: we will name their names and shame them as they deserve to be shamed.
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I'm not very interested in myself. I do have a deep moral belief that you should always look out at other things and not be self-centred.
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As a nuclear power - as the only nuclear power to have used a nuclear weapon - the United States has a moral responsibility to act.
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The whole history of religion is a history of the failure of preaching. Preaching is moral violence.
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There's a reason evolution is a hot-button issue. It's not just a matter of science, either. It's a matter of the big questions in life - why are we here, what is truth, where is our moral basis?
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All men are moral. Only their neighbors are not.
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The idea that debt is necessary for trade, and has to be forgiven, is consequent to the rise of a market economy. The idea that debt is wrong and should be punished is a feature of a moral economy.
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A problem with a president who leads by stirring the moral sentiments of voters is that he has got to keep stirring them.
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The natural response of the old-timers is to build a strong moral wall against the outside. This is where the world starts to be painted in black and white, saints inside, and sinners outside the wall.
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I can tell you all kinds of moral tales, but fashion and reality are vaguely different.
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Every sect is a moral check on its neighbour. Competition is as wholesome in religion as in commerce.
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'Cost-saver' in industrial livestock agriculture may usually be taken to mean 'moral shortcut.'
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I am quite incapable of understanding how any work of art can be criticized from a moral standpoint. The sphere of art and the sphere of ethics are absolutely distinct and separate.
