#moral character

The mere holding of slaves, therefore, is a condition having per se nothing of moral character in it, any more than the being a parent, or employer, or ruler. ↗

— Samuel Morse

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What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue and the performance of virtuous actions. ↗

— Aristotle

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The people in general ought to have regard to the moral character of those whom they invest with authority either in the legislative, executive, or judicial branches. ↗

— John Witherspoon

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I never come back home with the same moral character I went out with; something or other becomes unsettled where I had achieved internal peace; some one or other of the things I had put to flight reappears on the scene. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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The right way is not always the popular and easy way. Standing for right when it is unpopular is a true test of moral character. ↗

— Margaret Chase Smith

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We are like chameleons, we take our hue and the color of our moral character, from those who are around us. ↗

— John Locke

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High moral character is not a precondition for great moral accomplishments. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

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Up until the Depression, recession had a moral character: it was supposed to purge the body economic of the greed and excess that attends a business expansion. ↗

— James Buchan

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