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"An Englishman thinks he is moral when he is only uncomfortable"
George Bernard Shaw, Dramatist
"The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government is to live under the government of worse men"
Plato, Philosopher
"Active Evil is better than Passive Good"
William Blake, Poet
"The human voice can never reach the distance that is covered by the still small voice of conscience"
Mahatma Gandhi, Leader
"He has committed the crime who profits by it"
Seneca the Younger, Statesman
"Do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire"
Confucius, Philosopher
"Man can hardly even recognize the devils of his own creation"
Albert Schweitzer, Theologian
"Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil"
Niccolo Machiavelli, Writer
"Nobody is more dangerous than he who imagines himself pure in heart; for his purity, by definition, is unassailable"
James A. Baldwin, Author
"Virtue is harmony"
Pythagoras, Mathematician
"A good end cannot sanctify evil means; nor must we ever do evil, that good may come of it"
William Penn, Leader
"A system of morality which is based on relative emotional values is a mere illusion, a thoroughly vulgar conception which has nothing sound in it and nothing true"
Socrates, Philosopher
"Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions"
Will Durant, Historian
"Every judgement of conscience, be it right or wrong, be it about things evil in themselves or morally indifferent, is obligatory, in such wise that he who acts against his conscience always sins"
Thomas Aquinas, Theologian
"The greatest happiness of the greatest number is the foundation of morals and legislation"
Jeremy Bentham, Philosopher
"What is right to be done cannot be done too soon"
Jane Austen, Writer
"It is not who is right, but what is right, that is of importance"
Thomas Huxley, Scientist
"Cruelty, like every other vice, requires no motive outside of itself; it only requires opportunity"
George Eliot, Author
"Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine the strongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted with unlimited power"
Charles Caleb Colton, Writer
"The end may justify the means as long as there is something that justifies the end"
Leon Trotsky, Revolutionary
"Virtue is more to be feared than vice, because its excesses are not subject to the regulation of conscience"
Adam Smith, Economist
"Power is always dangerous. Power attracts the worst and corrupts the best"
Edward Abbey, Author
"The good man is the man who, no matter how morally unworthy he has been, is moving to become better"
John Dewey, Philosopher
"If the gentleman has ability, he is magnanimous, generous, tolerant, and straightforward, through which he opens the way to instruct others"
Xun Kuang, Philosopher
"But the relationship of morality and power is a very subtle one, because ultimately power without morality is no longer power"
James Baldwin, Educator
"Gossip is the Devil's radio"
George Harrison, Musician
"The vote is a trust more delicate than any other, for it involves not just the interests of the voter, but his life, honor and future as well"
Jose Marti, Activist
"People are only mean when they're threatened, and that's what our culture does. That's what our economy does"
Mitch Albom, Writer
"The United Nations was not set up to be a reformatory. It was assumed that you would be good before you got in and not that being in would make you good"
John Foster Dulles, Diplomat
"I stood there amazed. I found it all hard to believe, that I, Des Nilsen, had actually done all that"
Dennis Nilsen, Criminal
"We took this challenge before our Lord and our conscience, and it must be done, because this man, Hitler, he is the ultimate evil"
Claus von Stauffenberg, Soldier
"Society needs to condemn a little more and understand a little less"
John Major, Politician
"The paradigm of competition is a race: by rewarding the winner, we encourage everyone to run faster. When capitalism really works this way, it does a good job; but its defenders are wrong in assuming it always works this way"
Richard Stallman, Scientist
"Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility"
G. M. Trevelyan, Historian
"A pioneer destroys things and calls it civilization"
Charles Marion Russell, Artist
"Life is short and if you're looking for extension, you had best do well. 'Cause there's good deeds and then there's good intentions. They are as far apart as Heaven and Hell"
Ben Harper, Musician
"The opportunity for doing mischief is found a hundred times a day, and of doing good once in a year"
Voltaire, Writer
"It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare"
Mark Twain, Author
"When virtue is lost, benevolence appears, when benevolence is lost, right conduct appears, when right conduct is lost, expedience appears. Expediency is the mere shadow of right and truth; it is the beginning of disorder"
Lao Tzu, Author
"Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands it"
Albert Einstein, Physicist
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