I prefer credulity to skepticism and cynicism for there is more promise in almost anything than in nothing at all

Quote by Ralph B Perry

Topics: Morality Quotes, Patriotism Quotes

If patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel, it is not merely because evil...

If patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel, it is not merely because evil...

The fundamental idea of modern capitalism is not the right of the individual to possess...

The fundamental idea of modern capitalism is not the right of the individual to possess...

Morality is the herd-instinct in the individual.

Morality is the herd-instinct in the individual.

I think we have to give religion its due. I think we have to respect...

I think we have to give religion its due. I think we have to respect...

The future is like heaven - everyone exalts it, but no one wants to go...

The future is like heaven - everyone exalts it, but no one wants to go...

His morality is all sympathy, just what morality should be

His morality is all sympathy, just what morality should be

A heart needs only its own voice to do what is right.

A heart needs only its own voice to do what is right.

Only where we ourselves are responsible for our own interests and are free to sacrifice...

Only where we ourselves are responsible for our own interests and are free to sacrifice...

His morality is all sympathy, just what morality should be

His morality is all sympathy, just what morality should be

An ethical person ought to do more than he's required to do and less than...

An ethical person ought to do more than he's required to do and less than...

Never will you see your wrong, when you always see that youre right.

Never will you see your wrong, when you always see that youre right.

Immorality: the morality of those who are having a better time

Immorality: the morality of those who are having a better time

Morality is a venereal disease. Its primary stage is called virtue; its secondary stage, boredom;...

Morality is a venereal disease. Its primary stage is called virtue; its secondary stage, boredom;...

Morality is the custom of one's country and the current feeling of one's peers

Morality is the custom of one's country and the current feeling of one's peers

But in the end, science does not provide the answers most of us require. Its...

But in the end, science does not provide the answers most of us require. Its...

It is long accepted by the missionaries that morality is inversely proportional to the amount...

It is long accepted by the missionaries that morality is inversely proportional to the amount...

Moralizing and morals are two entirely different things and are always found in entirely different...

Moralizing and morals are two entirely different things and are always found in entirely different...

Misfortunes are, in morals, what bitters are in medicine: each is at first disagreeable; but...

Misfortunes are, in morals, what bitters are in medicine: each is at first disagreeable; but...

I never did, or countenanced, in public life, a single act inconsistent with the strictest...

I never did, or countenanced, in public life, a single act inconsistent with the strictest...

For us, to be ignored by God is a harsher punishment than to be a...

For us, to be ignored by God is a harsher punishment than to be a...

A patriot is he whose public conduct is regulated by one single motive, the love...

A patriot is he whose public conduct is regulated by one single motive, the love...