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"He was as great as a man can be without morality"
Alexis de Tocqueville, Historian
"We have enslaved the rest of the animal creation, and have treated our distant cousins in fur and feathers so badly that beyond doubt, if they were able to formulate a religion, they would depict the Devil in human form"
William Ralph Inge, Clergyman
"There are no rewards or punishments - only consequences"
William Ralph Inge, Clergyman
"A satellite has no conscience"
Edward R. Murrow, Journalist
"Might does not make right, it only makes history"
Jim Fiebig, Businessman
"Olympism seeks to create a way of life based on the joy found in effort, the educational value of a good example, and respect for universal fundamental ethical principles"
Pierre de Coubertin, Leader
"The corruption of the best things gives rise to the worst"
David Hume, Philosopher
"The rules of morality are not the conclusion of our reason"
David Hume, Philosopher
"Prosperity is the measure or touchstone of virtue, for it is less difficult to bear misfortune than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure"
Tacitus, Historian
"The obligation of subjects to the sovereign is understood to last as long, and no longer, than the power lasteth by which he is able to protect them"
Thomas Hobbes, Philosopher
"Man's natural character is to imitate; that of the sensitive man is to resemble as closely as possible the person whom he loves. It is only by imitating the vices of others that I have earned my misfortunes"
Marquis de Sade, Novelist
"Woman, essentially a purist, is naturally bigoted and relentless in her effort to make others as good as she thinks they ought to be"
Emma Goldman, Activist
"I think it better to do right, even if we suffer in so doing, than to incur the reproach of our consciences and posterity"
Robert E. Lee, General
"Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more, you should never wish to do less"
Robert E. Lee, General
"Don't have good ideas if you aren't willing to be responsible for them"
Alan Perlis, Scientist
"Christian morality prefers remorse to precede lust, and then lust not to follow"
Karl Kraus, Writer
"Our sympathy is cold to the relation of distant misery"
Edward Gibbon, Historian
"If thou suffer injustice, console thyself; the true unhappiness is in doing it"
Democritus, Philosopher
"I don't believe in morality in architecture"
Michael Graves, Architect
"The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience"
Harper Lee, Novelist
"There is nothing more agreeable in life than to make peace with the Establishment - and nothing more corrupting"
A. J. P. Taylor, Historian
"There is no higher religion than human service. To work for the common good is the greatest creed"
Woodrow Wilson, Politician
"A person is born with desires of the eyes and ears, and a liking for beautiful sights and sounds. If he gives way to them, they will lead him to immorality and lack of restriction, and any ritual principles and propriety will be abandoned"
Xun Kuang, Philosopher
"At a time when science plays such a powerful role in the life of society, when the destiny of the whole of mankind may hinge on the results of scientific research, it is incumbent on all scientists to be fully conscious of that role, and conduct themselves accordingly"
Joseph Rotblat, Physicist
"Cloning is great. If God made the original, then making copies should be fine"
Doug Coupland, Author
"As soon as you forbid something, you make it extraordinarily appealing. You also bring shame in as a phenomenon"
Jock Sturges, Photographer
"The same energy of character which renders a man a daring villain would have rendered him useful in society, had that society been well organized"
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Author
"I like the English. They have the most rigid code of immorality in the world"
Malcolm Bradbury, Novelist
"The intellectual tradition is one of servility to power, and if I didn't betray it I'd be ashamed of myself"
Noam Chomsky, Activist
"Rarely do great beauty and great virtue dwell together"
Petrarch, Poet
"The sun, the moon and the stars would have disappeared long ago... had they happened to be within the reach of predatory human hands"
Henry Ellis, Psychologist
"Nothing in the nature around us is evil. This needs to be repeated, since one of the human ways of talking oneself into inhuman acts is to cite the supposed cruelty of nature"
John Berger, Artist
"If moderation is a fault, then indifference is a crime"
Jack Kerouac, Novelist
"If it is committed in the name of God or country, there is no crime so heinous that the public will not forgive it"
Tom Robbins, Author
"Education is the art of making man ethical"
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Philosopher
"Virtue is the fount whence honour springs"
Christopher Marlowe, Dramatist
"My public life is before you; and I know you will believe me when I say, that when I sit down in solitude to the labours of my profession, the only questions I ask myself are, What is right? What is just? What is for the public good?"
Joseph Howe, Politician
"Mankind's true moral test, its fundamental test (which lies deeply buried from view), consists of its attitude towards those who are at its mercy: animals. And in this respect mankind has suffered a fundamental debacle, a debacle so fundamental that all others stem from it"
Milan Kundera, Writer
"Thoughts are the gun, words are the bullets, deeds are the target, the bull's-eye is heaven"
Douglas Horton, Clergyman
"The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is conformity"
Rollo May, Psychologist
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