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Style is not neutral; it gives moral directions. ↗

— Martin Amis

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All attempts at law, all religion, all ethical norms might be nothing more than attempts by the weak to restrain the strong. Then, within the law, arise the new strong, who subvert the law for their own ends of power and family interest, leaving the old strong outside their circle to pursue the waiting possibilities which they call crime. The weak, the cowardly, the decent ones, live between these groups. ↗

— George Zebrowski

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Ten to 20 years out, driving your car will be viewed as equivalently immoral as smoking cigarettes around other people is today. ↗

— Marc Andreessen

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The true meaning of religion is thus, not simply morality, but morality touched by emotion. ↗

— Matthew Arnold

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The novel is a penetrating study of morals and ethics. ↗

— Bille August

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It is as hard and severe a thing to be a true politician as to be truly moral. ↗

— Francis Bacon

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Freedom, morality, and the human dignity of the individual consists precisely in this; that he does good not because he is forced to do so, but because he freely conceives it, wants it, and loves it. ↗

— Mikhail Bakunin

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Except among those whose education has been in the minimalist style, it is understood that hasty moral judgments about the past are a form of injustice. ↗

— Jacques Barzun

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Modern societies march towards morality in proportion as they leave religion behind. ↗

— Paul Bert

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All the things I really like to do are either immoral, illegal or fattening. ↗

— Alexander Woollcott

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