Is it less dishonest to do what is wrong because it is not expressly prohibited by written law? Let us hope our moral principles are not yet in that stage of degeneracy.

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

Topics: Dishonesty Quotes, Morality Quotes

I do not agree that an age of pleasure is no compensation for a moment...

I do not agree that an age of pleasure is no compensation for a moment...

Never spend your money before you have it.

Never spend your money before you have it.

How much does free cost?

How much does free cost?

One loves to possess arms, though they hope never to have occasion for them.

One loves to possess arms, though they hope never to have occasion for them.

I find the pain of a little censure, even when it is unfounded, is more...

I find the pain of a little censure, even when it is unfounded, is more...

Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong...

Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong...

In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.

In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.

The two principles on which our conduct towards the Indians should be founded, are justice...

The two principles on which our conduct towards the Indians should be founded, are justice...

I consider ethics, as well as religion, as supplements to law in the government of...

I consider ethics, as well as religion, as supplements to law in the government of...

In every country and in every age the priest has been hostile to liberty; he...

In every country and in every age the priest has been hostile to liberty; he...

I think we have more machinery of government than is necessary, too many parasites living...

I think we have more machinery of government than is necessary, too many parasites living...

No nation is drunken where wine is cheap; and none sober, where the dearness of...

No nation is drunken where wine is cheap; and none sober, where the dearness of...

Motherhood is the keystone of the arch of matrimonial happiness

Motherhood is the keystone of the arch of matrimonial happiness

It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A...

It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A...

Traveling makes a man wiser, but less happy.

Traveling makes a man wiser, but less happy.

Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers...

Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers...

Never spend your money before you have it.

Never spend your money before you have it.

Bodily decay is gloomy in prospect, but of all human contemplations the most abhorrent is...

Bodily decay is gloomy in prospect, but of all human contemplations the most abhorrent is...

The aging process has you firmly in its grasp if you never get the urge...

The aging process has you firmly in its grasp if you never get the urge...

I look forward to growing old and wise and audacious.

I look forward to growing old and wise and audacious.

Living creatures are nourished by food, and food is nourished by rain; rain itself is...

Living creatures are nourished by food, and food is nourished by rain; rain itself is...

The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than...

The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than...

It is the mind that maketh good of ill, that maketh wretch or happy, rich...

It is the mind that maketh good of ill, that maketh wretch or happy, rich...