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Immoral is choosing not to act when you hold in your hands the power to create perfection. ↗

— Mark Crispin Miller

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The want of education and moral training is the only real barrier that exists between the different classes of men. ↗

— Susanna Moodie

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The moral backbone of literature is about that whole question of memory. To my mind it seems clear that those who have no memory have the much greater chance to lead happy lives. ↗

— W. G. Sebald

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Religion is the solid basis of good morals; therefore education should teach the precepts of religion, and the duties of man toward God. ↗

— Gouverneur Morris

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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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Morale and attitude are fundamentals to success. ↗

— Bud Wilkinson

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With regard to the moral and religious condition of the slaves, I cannot, either from what I observe, or from what is told me, consider it in any way gratifying. ↗

— Frederick Law Olmsted

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The point of modernity is to live a life without illusions while not becoming disillusioned ↗

— Antonio Gramsci

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Distraction leads to Destruction! ↗

— Dhruv Gandhi

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You are priests, not social or political leaders. Let us not be under the illusion that we are serving the Gospel through an exaggerated interest in the wide field of temporal problems. ↗

— Pope John Paul II

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