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All universal moral principles are idle fancies. ↗

— Marquis de Sade

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After the turbulence of death, moral principles and even religious proofs are called into question. ↗

— Salvatore Quasimodo

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Since the nature of people is bad, to become corrected they must be taught by teachers and to be orderly they must acquire ritual and moral principles. ↗

— Xun Zi

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When people lack teachers, their tendencies are not corrected; when they do not have ritual and moral principles, then their lawlessness is not controlled. ↗

— Xun Zi

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And so, today, if the state can no longer appeal to the old moral principles that belong to the Christian tradition, it will be forced to create a new official faith and new moral principles which will be binding on its citizens. ↗

— Christopher Dawson

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