Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page [201-220] of 249 Morals quotesMorals QuotesMorals Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes There can be no truly moral choice unless that choice is made in freedom; similarly, there can be no really firmly grounded and consistent defense of freedom unless that defense is rooted in moral principle. In concentrating on the ends of choice, the conservative, by neglecting the conditions of choice, loses that very morality of conduct with which he is so concerned. And the libertarian, by concentrating only on the means, or conditions, of choice and ignoring the ends, throws away an essential moral defense of his own position.~ Murray N. Rothbard The strongest is never strong enough to be always the master, unless he transforms his strength into right, and obedience into duty.~ Jean-Jacques Rousseau The only foundation for... a republic is to be laid in Religion. Without this there can be no virtue, and without virtue there can be no liberty, and liberty is the object and life of all republican governments.~ Dr. Benjamin Rush I pray that no child of mine would ever descend into such a place as a library. They are indeed most dangerous places and unfortunate is she or he who is lured into such a hellhole of enjoyment, stimulus, facts, passion and fun.~ Willy Russell Without doubt the greatest injury of all was done by basing morals on myth. For, sooner or later, myth is recognized for what it is, and disappears. Then morality loses the foundation on which it has been built.~ Lord Herbert Louis Samuel Fanaticism consists in redoubling your effort when you have forgotten your aim.~ George Santayana The uneven impact of actual enforcement measures tends to mirror and reinforce more general patterns of discrimination (along socioeconomic, racial and ethnic, sexual, and perhaps generational lines) within the society. As a consequence, such enforcement (ineffective as it may be in producing conformity) almost certainly reinforces feelings of alienation already prevalent within major segments of the population.~ Edwin M. Schur An election is a moral horror, as bad as a battle except for blood; a mud bath for every soul concerned in it.~ George Bernard Shaw Imprisonment, as it exists today, is a worse crime than any of those committed by its victims.~ George Bernard Shaw Nobody can live in society without conventions. The reason why sensible people are as conventional as they can bear to be is that conventionality saves so much time and thought and trouble and social friction of one sort or another that it leaves them much more leisure time for freedom than unconventionality does.~ George Bernard Shaw Whether you think Jesus was God or not, you must admit he was a first-rate political economist.~ George Bernard Shaw In a free society, standards of public morality can be measured only by whether physical coercion -- violence against persons or property -- occurs. There is no right not to be offended by words, actions or symbols.~ Richard E. Sincere, Jr. Whether or not legislation is truly moral is often a question of who has the power to define morality.~ Jerome H. Skolnick Liberty is quite as much a moral as a political growth,--the result of free individual action, energy, and independence.~ Samuel Smiles In our country, the lie has become not just a moral category but a pillar of the State.~ Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Although I have made a fortune in the financial markets, I now fear that the untrammeled intensification of laissez-faire capitalism and the spread of market values into all areas of life is endangering our open and democratic society. The main enemy of the open society, I believe, is no longer the communist but the capitalist threat.~ George Soros Neither your life nor my life, nor the future of this country, will be affected in the slightest by whether Linda Tripp is naughty or nice. But if any president is able to commit crimes with impunity by using the vast powers and perquisites of his office to cover up, then we will have a danger of corruption and abuse of power that can only grow with the passing years and generations.~ Thomas Sowell While birds can fly, only humans can argue. Argument is the affirmation of our being. It is the principal instrument of human intercourse. Without argument the species would perish. As a subtle suggestion, it is the means by which we aid another. As a warning, it steers us from danger. As exposition, it teaches. As an expression of creativity, it is the gift of ourselves. As a protest, it struggles for justice. As a reasoned dialogue, it resolves disputes. As an assertion of self, it engenders respect. As an entreaty of love, it expresses our devotion As a plea, it generates mercy. As charismatic oration it moves multitudes and changes history. We must argue -- to help, to warn, to lead, to love, to create, to learn, to enjoy justice, to be.~ Gerry Spence The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools.~ Herbert Spencer Vices are not crimes.~ Lysander Spooner Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print