Top 25 Moral Quotes of 1290 - Page 8

To put it simply, when you assert that there is such a thing as evil, you must assume there is such a thing as good. When you say there is such a thing as good, you must assume there is a moral law by which to

To put it simply, when you assert that there is such a thing as evil, you must assume there is such a thing as good. When you say there is such a thing as good, you must assume there is a moral law by which to distinguish between good and evil.

Frank Turek

Law, Evil, Moral

Frank Turek (2014). “Stealing from God: Why Atheists Need God to Make Their Case”, p.11, NavPress

Good morals lead to good laws.

Chuck Norris

Law, Moral, Good Moral

The American color bar unless speedily removed will be the rock on which our international Good Neighbor policy and our pious claims to moral leadership will founder.

Charles Hamilton Houston

Color, Moral Leadership, Rocks

Order - Let all your things have their places; let each part of your business have its time.

Benjamin Franklin

Order, Moral Perfection, Dullness

Benjamin Franklin (2008). “The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin”, p.126, Applewood Books

No moral system can rest solely on authority.

A.J. Ayer

Insightful, Morality, Authority

Humanist Outlook (1968) introduction

In logic, there are no morals.

Rudolf Carnap

Moral, Logic, Relatable

Rudolf Carnap (2014). “Logical Syntax of Language”, p.52, Routledge

If you don't have a moral question governing your society, then you don't have a society that is going to survive.

Oren Lyons

Moral, Ifs, Governing

The moral: Don't settle for anything less than the biggest dream for your future Fight to make the dream come true.

Michael Shurtleff

Dream, Fighting, Moral

Michael Shurtleff (2009). “Audition: Everything an Actor Needs to Know to Get the Part”, p.47, Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Do not be a magician - be magic!

Leonard Cohen

Magic, Moral, Ethics

Leonard Cohen (2011). “Beautiful Losers”, p.181, Vintage

If enjoyment is a value, why is it moral when experienced by others, but immoral when experienced by you?... Why is it immoral for your to desire, but moral for others to do so? Why is it immoral to produce a value and keep it, but moral to give it away?

John Galt

Giving, Desire, Moral

One can buy anything with money except morality.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Shopping, Morality

Religion is the solid basis of good morals; therefore education should teach the precepts of religion, and the duties of man toward God.

Gouverneur Morris

Men, Moral, Should

The two oldest professions in the world — ruined by amateurs.

Alexander Woollcott

Two, World, Moral

Shouts and Murmurs "The Actor and the Streetwalker" (1922)

We educated, privileged lawyers have a professional and moral duty to represent the underrepresented in our society, to ensure that justice exists for all, both legal and economic justice.

Sonia Sotomayor

Justice, Our Society, Moral

"Sonia Sotomayor: A Look at Obama's Supreme Court Pick" by Reynolds Holding, abcnews.go.com. May 26, 2009.

Manners easily and rapidly mature into morals.

Horace Mann

Moral, Mature, Manners

Massachusetts. Board of Education, Horace Mann (1849). “The Massachusetts System of Common Schools: Being an Enlarged and Rev. Ed of the Tenth Annual Report of the First Secretary of the Massachusetts Board of Education”, p.80