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"Government is essentially immoral"
Herbert Spencer, Philosopher
"In order to know virtue, we must first acquaint ourselves with vice"
Marquis de Sade, Novelist
"Puritanism, in whatever expression, is a poisonous germ. On the surface, everything may look strong and vigorous; yet the poison works its way persistently until the entire fabric is doomed"
Emma Goldman, Activist
"Morality is a venereal disease. Its primary stage is called virtue; its secondary stage, boredom; its tertiary stage, syphilis"
Karl Kraus, Writer
"Before I can live with other folks I've got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience"
Harper Lee, Novelist
"The greatest nations have all acted like gangsters and the smallest like prostitutes"
Stanley Kubrick, Director
"Human nature is evil, and goodness is caused by intentional activity"
Xun Kuang, Philosopher
"Evil exists to glorify the good. Evil is negative good. It is a relative term. Evil can be transmuted into good. What is evil to one at one time becomes good at another time to somebody else"
Mencius, Philosopher
"Pity is treason"
Maximilien Robespierre, Leader
"A lot of people mistake a short memory for a clear conscience"
Doug Larson, Cartoonist
"There are risks which are not acceptable: the destruction of humanity is one of them"
Friedrich Durrenmatt, Author
"Evil events from evil causes spring"
Aristophanes, Poet
"Live or die, but don't poison everything"
Anne Sexton, Poet
"Well, when I think of steroids I think of an image. You have the advantage over someone, which is a form of cheating. I guess it wouldn't be right unless it was legal for everybody. Reason: it's not legal for everybody is because it can hurt people seriously"
Evander Holyfield, Athlete
"I personally think intellectual property is an oxymoron. Physical objects have a completely different natural economy than intellectual goods. It's a tricky thing to try to own something that remains in your possession even after you give it to many others"
John Perry Barlow, Writer
"I know what sin is"
Brigitte Bardot, Actress
"Consumers have not been told effectively enough that they have huge power and that purchasing and shopping involve a moral choice"
Anita Roddick, Businessman
"From the first day to this, sheer greed was the driving spirit of civilization"
Friedrich Engels, Philosopher
"In theory it may seem all right to some, but when it comes to being made the instrument of the Lord's vengeance, I myself don't like it"
Robert Gould Shaw, Soldier
"One should see the world, and see himself as a scale with an equal balance of good and evil. When he does one good deed the scale is tipped to the good - he and the world is saved. When he does one evil deed the scale is tipped to the bad - he and the world is destroyed"
Maimonides, Philosopher
"Hearts are the strongest when they beat in response to noble ideals"
Ralph Bunche, Diplomat
"Few things are so deadly as a misguided sense of compassion"
Charles Colson, Lawyer
"We're not saying that you don't need coal, but when you do mine the coal, there are responsibilities to it. It may cost a little more, but it is the right thing to do"
Kevin Richardson, Musician
"Gentlemen have talked a great deal of patriotism. A venerable word, when duly practiced"
Robert Walpole, Statesman
"Virtue herself is her own fairest reward"
Silius Italicus, Poet
"There is a lust in man no charm can tame: Of loudly publishing his neighbor's shame: On eagle's wings immortal scandals fly, while virtuous actions are born and die"
William Harvey, Scientist
"To kill a man is not to defend a doctrine, but to kill a man"
Michael Servetus, Scientist
"I was Chairman Mao's dog. What he said to bite, I bit"
Jiang Qing, Revolutionary
"In the different voice of women lies the truth of an ethic of care, the tie between relationship and responsibility, and the origins of aggression in the failure of connection"
Carol Gilligan, Psychologist
"When it comes to having a central nervous system, and the ability to feel pain, hunger, and thirst, a rat is a pig is a dog is a boy"
Ingrid Newkirk, Activist
"No evil can result from its inhibition more pernicious than its toleration"
Martin Van Buren, President
"'Evil men have no songs.' How is it that the Russians have songs?"
Friedrich Nietzsche, Philosopher
"Although the most acute judges of the witches and even the witches themselves were convinced of the guilt of witchery, the guilt nevertheless was non-existent. It is thus with all guilt"
Friedrich Nietzsche, Philosopher
"In Christianity neither morality nor religion come into contact with reality at any point"
Friedrich Nietzsche, Philosopher
"Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people whom we personally dislike"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
"Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful"
William Shakespeare, Dramatist
"Of all religions, the Christian should of course inspire the most tolerance, but until now Christians have been the most intolerant of all men"
Voltaire, Writer
"Indeed, history is nothing more than a tableau of crimes and misfortunes"
Voltaire, Writer
"Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities, has the power to make you commit injustices"
Voltaire, Writer
"Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts"
Voltaire, Writer
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