Moral Quotes - Page 28

Journalism without a moral position is impossible. Every journalist is a moralist. It's absolutely unavoidable.

Democracy is moral before it is political.

Despotic power is always accompanied by corruption of morality.

Only religious fanatics and totalitarian states equate morality with legality.

Belief is a moral act for which the believer is to be held responsible.

The body you're given, the mind you're given, the morality and the hang ups you're given, they're yours. Deal with it.

Politeness induces morality. Serenity of manners requires serenity of mind.

The artist's morality lies in the force and truth of his description.

From men motivated by moral certitude, history teaches, no lasting good ever comes.

Morality binds and blinds. It binds us into teams … but thereby makes us go blind to objective reality.

Taste is the only morality. Tell me what you like and I'll tell you what you are.

The original of morals lies with the thought that 'the community is more valuable than the individual' (Menschliches 2.1.89

We must learn not to take traditional morals too seriously. And it is just because even the least dogmatic of religions tends to associate itself with some kind of unalterable moral tradition, that there can be no truce between science and religion.

There is no outward sign of true courtesy that does not rest on a deep moral foundation.

My principal battle with the North Vietnamese was a moral one, and prayer was my prime source of strength.

The moral is that in trading it's important to examine the situation from as many angles as possible, because your initial impulses are probably going to be wrong. There is never any money to be made in the obvious conclusions.

The most enduring sort of power is realizing the power within.

The essential trait in the moral consciousness, is the control of some feeling or feelings by some other feeling or feelings.

National character cannot be built by law. It is the sum of the moral fiber of its individuals.

Never buy anything with a handle on it. It means work.

No individual anonymous participant can influence the prices and therefore you really can speculate in the market without paying attention to morality. That's one of the positive features of markets. That's why they function.

Morality is not respectability.

Strength is the morality of the man who stands out from the rest, and it is mine.

A drug is neither moral nor immoral - it's a chemical compound. The compound itself is not a menace to society until a human being treats it as if consumption bestowed a temporary license to act like an asshole.

I always knew what I thought the theme was, the core, in one word. In 'The Godfather' it was succession. In 'The Conversation' it was privacy. In 'Apocalypse' it was morality.