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

Quote by Lincoln Steffens

Topics: Morality Quotes

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

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

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...

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

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

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.

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.

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.

For children to take morality seriously they must be in the presence of adults who...

For children to take morality seriously they must be in the presence of adults who...

Respect for self is the beginning of cultivating virtue in men and women.

Respect for self is the beginning of cultivating virtue in men and women.

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...

Moral justification is a powerful disengagement mechanism. Destructive conduct is made personally and socially acceptable...

Moral justification is a powerful disengagement mechanism. Destructive conduct is made personally and socially acceptable...

Until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently...

Until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently...

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

There is nothing so bad but it can masquerade as moral

There is nothing so bad but it can masquerade as moral

We must show that liberty is not merely one particular value but that it is...

We must show that liberty is not merely one particular value but that it is...

People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them.

People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them.

Government, obviously, cannot fill a child's emotional needs. Nor can it fill his spiritual and...

Government, obviously, cannot fill a child's emotional needs. Nor can it fill his spiritual and...

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;...