The standard that a society should actually embody its own professed principles is a utopian...#Ethics, #Morality, #Society
Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just...#Bravery, #Habit, #Morality
He who governs by his moral excellence may be compared to the Pole star which...#Excellence, #Government, #Morality
Much of the self-righteous nonsense that abounds on so many subjects cannot stand up to...#Legislation, #Morality, #Public Policy
I never did, or countenanced, in public life, a single act inconsistent with the strictest...#Faith, #Morality
Self-interest, or rather self-love, or egoism, has been more plausibly substituted as the basis of...#Morality
Morals were too essential to the happiness of man, to be risked on the uncertain...#Feelings, #Morality
Is it less dishonest to do what is wrong because it is not expressly prohibited...#Dishonesty, #Morality
Moralizing and morals are two entirely different things and are always found in entirely different...#Morality
Morality becomes hypocrisy if it means accepting mothers suffering or dying in connection with unwanted...#Hypocrisy, #Misery, #Morality
For children to take morality seriously they must be in the presence of adults who...#Adulthood, #Children, #Morality
