#moral

You can't go around hoping that most people have sterling moral characters. The most you can hope for is that people will pretend that they do. ↗

— Fran Lebowitz

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Politics have no relation to morals. ↗

— Niccolo Machiavelli

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The moral of a fable is eternal. The moral of a story is temporary to a story. ↗

— Yann Martel

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War, except in self-defense, is a failure of moral imagination. ↗

— Bill Moyers

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I think it's very important to have a sense of balance in covering the war, but you don't have to be morally neutral about terrorism. ↗

— Walter Isaacson

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Money, not morality, is the principle commerce of civilized nations. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

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Our top story tonight: Famous TV dolphin flipper was arrested today on prostitution ring charges. He allegedly was seen transporting two 16 year olds across state line for immoral porpoises. ↗

— Colin Mochrie

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We have found that morals are not, like bacon, to be cured by hanging; nor, like wine, to be improved by sea voyages; nor, like honey, to be preserved in cells. ↗

— William Taylor

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There's this idea that if you take your clothes off, somehow you must have loose morals. ↗

— Demi Moore

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All moral laws are merely statements that certain kinds of actions will have good effects. ↗

— George Edward Moore

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