Morality is only moral when it is voluntary.

Quote by Lincoln Steffens

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I have been over into the future, and it works.

I have been over into the future, and it works.

Art is like a border of flowers along the course of civilization.

Art is like a border of flowers along the course of civilization.

We in America are fighting the money power; but if men can elsewhere get the...

We in America are fighting the money power; but if men can elsewhere get the...

Power is what men seek and any group that gets it will abuse it.

Power is what men seek and any group that gets it will abuse it.

Chicago will give you a chance. The sporting spirit is the spirit of Chicago.

Chicago will give you a chance. The sporting spirit is the spirit of Chicago.

Chicago will give you a chance. The sporting spirit is the spirit of Chicago.

Chicago will give you a chance. The sporting spirit is the spirit of Chicago.

Morality is only moral when it is voluntary.

Morality is only moral when it is voluntary.

Power is what men seek and any group that gets it will abuse it.

Power is what men seek and any group that gets it will abuse it.

All sects differ, because they come from men; morality is everywhere the same, because it...

All sects differ, because they come from men; morality is everywhere the same, because it...

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...

Morality turns on whether the pleasure precedes or follows the pain

Morality turns on whether the pleasure precedes or follows the pain

Hatred, which could destroy so much, never failed to destroy the man who hated, and...

Hatred, which could destroy so much, never failed to destroy the man who hated, and...

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...

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

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

Except among those whose education has been in the minimalist style, it is understood that...

Except among those whose education has been in the minimalist style, it is understood that...

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...

Time will bring to light whatever is hidden; it will cover up and conceal what...

Time will bring to light whatever is hidden; it will cover up and conceal what...

He who governs by his moral excellence may be compared to the Pole star which...

He who governs by his moral excellence may be compared to the Pole star which...

Do unto others 20% better than you would expect them to do unto you, to...

Do unto others 20% better than you would expect them to do unto you, to...

Men are qualified for civil liberties in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral...

Men are qualified for civil liberties in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral...