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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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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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Obscenity is in the crotch of the beholder.

Obscenity is in the crotch of the beholder.

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Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions.

Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions.

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The word morality, if we met it in the Bible, would surprise us
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The word morality, if we met it in the Bible, would surprise us
as much as the word telephone or motor car.

by George Bernard Shaw Found in: Morality Quotes,
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Morality is simply the attitude we adopt toward people whom we personally dislike.

Morality is simply the attitude we adopt toward people whom we personally dislike.

by Oscar Wilde Found in: Morality Quotes,
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The principles we live by, in business and in social life, are the most important part of happiness.

The principles we live by, in business and in social life, are the most important part of happiness.

by Harry Harrison Found in: Morality Quotes,
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We may pretend that we're basically moral people who make mistakes, but the whole of history proves otherwise.

We may pretend that we're basically moral people who make mistakes, but the whole of history proves otherwise.

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The disesteem into which moralists have fallen is due at bottom to their failure to see that in an age read more

The disesteem into which moralists have fallen is due at bottom to their failure to see that in an age like this one the function of the moralist is not to exhort men to be good but to elucidate what the good is. The problem of sanctions is secondary.

by Walter Lippmann Found in: Morality Quotes,
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Idealist: a cynic in the making.

Idealist: a cynic in the making.

by Irving Layton Found in: Morality Quotes,
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