#moral

We are justified in enforcing good morals, for they belong to all mankind; but we are not justified in enforcing good manners, for good manners always mean our own manners. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

#belong #enforcing #good #good manners #justified

I just want to make stories. They don't have to have a moral or a reason. There might be some mild cautionary notes, but they're not moral. They don't impart any Judeo-Christian ethic of any kind. ↗

— Neko Case

#cautionary #christian ethic #ethic #i #impart

And what always struck me about that war period was how even Churchill had to talk socialism to keep up people's morale. ↗

— Barbara Castle

#always #churchill #even #had #how

It's fun to play a character who lives on the edge, who is an ethical and moral mess, and is paying the price for some of his actions. ↗

— Josh Charles

#character #edge #ethical #fun #his

The most dangerous criminal now is the entirely lawless modern philosopher. Compared to him, burglars and bigamists are essentially moral men. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

#compared #criminal #dangerous #entirely #essentially

It would be immoral to walk away from the consequences of our actions, leaving behind anarchy and civil war in Iraq. ↗

— Kenneth Clarke

#anarchy #away #behind #civil #civil war

Democracy without morality is impossible. ↗

— Jack Kemp

#impossible #morality #without

There is no morality in war. Morality is the privilege of those judging from the distance. War is only death and destruction. ↗

— John Cory

#destruction #distance #judging #morality #only

I don't have a moral plan, I'm a Canadian. ↗

— David Cronenberg

#i #moral #plan

Some people talk of morality, and some of religion, but give me a little snug property. ↗

— Maria Edgeworth

#give me #little #me #morality #people