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Force and mind are opposites; morality ends where a gun begins.
Force and mind are opposites; morality ends where a gun begins.
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.
Ah! How neatly tied, in these people, is the umbilical cord of morality! Since they left their mothers they have read more
Ah! How neatly tied, in these people, is the umbilical cord of morality! Since they left their mothers they have never sinned, have they? They are apostles, they are the descendants of priests; one can only wonder from what source they draw their indignation, and above all how much they have pocketed to do this, and in any case what it has done for them.
The purpose of morality is to teach you, not to suffer and die, but to enjoy yourself and live.
The purpose of morality is to teach you, not to suffer and die, but to enjoy yourself and live.
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.
The American elite is almost beyond redemption. . . . Moral
relativism has set in so deeply that the read more
The American elite is almost beyond redemption. . . . Moral
relativism has set in so deeply that the gilded classes have
become incapable of discerning right from wrong. Everything can
be explained away, especially by journalists. Life is one great
moral mush--sophistry washed down with Chardonnay. The ordinary
citizens, thank goodness, still adhere to absolutes. . . . It is
they who have saved the republic from creeping degradation while
their "betters" were derelict.
Morality is the best of all devices for leading mankind by the nose.
Morality is the best of all devices for leading mankind by the nose.
It is difficult to offend a New Yorker.
It is difficult to offend a New Yorker.
No mere man since the Fall, is able in this life perfectly to
keep the Commandments.
No mere man since the Fall, is able in this life perfectly to
keep the Commandments.
