Quotes: Morals

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He combines the manners of a Marquis with the morals of a Methodist.

William Gilbert

It is a monstrous thing that I will say, but I will say it all the same: I find in many things more restraint and order in my morals than in my opinions, and my lust less depraved than my reason.

Michel de Montaigne

French author, philosopher, and statesman (1533-1592)

Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what’s right.

Isaac Asimov

A group of politicians deciding to dump a President because his morals are bad is like the Mafia getting together to bump off the Godfather for not going to church on Sunday.

Russell Baker

American writer and satirist (1925-2019)

I think the ethics and morals of genetic engineering are very complicated. It intrigues me.

Roger Spottiswoode

Canadian-British film director

You can’t, in sound morals, condemn a man for taking care of his own integrity. It is his clear duty.

Joseph Conrad

Polish-British writer (1857-1924)

I am deeply interested in the progress and elevation of journalism, having spent my life in that profession, regarding it as a noble profession and one of unequaled importance for its influence upon the minds and morals of the people.

Joseph Pulitzer

Hungarian-American newspaper publisher and politician (1847-1911)

They who have reasoned ignorantly, or who have aimed at effecting their personal ends by flattering the popular feeling, have boldly affirmed that ‘one man is as good as another;’ a maxim that is true in neither nature, revealed morals, nor political theory.

James F. Cooper

Times were changing. Clothes were changing. Morals were changing. We went from romantic loves songs like I used to do to rock ‘n roll. Now that has changed to rap. So, there’s always a new generation with new music.

Bobby Vinton

American singer (born 1935)

When the sun comes up, I have morals again.

Elayne Boosler

American comedian

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