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    What I have absolutely no sympathy with is the legislator, the man who seeks, for his own profit, to exploit the weaknesses of those who are unable to help themselves and then to fasten some moral superscription upon it. This I loathe so much that I cannot conceivably explain how much it is.

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Morality without religion is only a kind of dead reckoning,--an
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Morality without religion is only a kind of dead reckoning,--an
endeavor to find our place on a cloudy sea by measuring the
distance we have run, but without any observation of the heavenly
bodies.

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The Bearings of this observation lays in the application on it.

The Bearings of this observation lays in the application on it.

by Charles Dickens Found in: Morality Quotes,
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Principle, particularly moral principal, can never be a weathervane, spinning around this way and that with the shifting winds of read more

Principle, particularly moral principal, can never be a weathervane, spinning around this way and that with the shifting winds of expediency. Moral principle is a compass forever fixed and forever true. And that is as important in business as it is in the classroom.

by Edward R. Lyman Found in: Morality Quotes,
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Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people we personally dislike.

Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people we personally dislike.

by Oscar Wilde Found in: Morality Quotes,
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The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.

The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.

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There is something more horrible than hoodlums, churls and
vipers, and that is knaves with moral justification for their read more

There is something more horrible than hoodlums, churls and
vipers, and that is knaves with moral justification for their
cause.

by Thomas Moore Found in: Morality Quotes,
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Moralizing and morals are two entirely different things and are always found in entirely different people.

Moralizing and morals are two entirely different things and are always found in entirely different people.

by Don Herold Found in: Morality Quotes,
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I think it's unethical to take money for poor quality performance.

I think it's unethical to take money for poor quality performance.

by Alvin Burger Found in: Morality Quotes,
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Kant, as we all know, compared moral law to the starry heavens,
and found them both sublime. On the read more

Kant, as we all know, compared moral law to the starry heavens,
and found them both sublime. On the naturalistic hypothesis we
should rather compare it to the protective blotches on a beetle's
back, and find them both ingenious.

by Arthur James Balfour Found in: Morality Quotes,
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