Moral Quotes - Page 35

• Although the particular inclination of the homosexual person is not a sin, it is more or less strong tendency ordered to an intrinsic moral evil, and thus the inclination itself must be seen as an objective disorder.

  Pope Benedict XVI

  Strong, Evil, Sin

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• I made a commitment to myself: that I wanted to be an actress, and I wanted to do films that make a difference. Whether it makes someone laugh, or it has a moral to the story - it doesn't have to be an ethical film, but it has to move people. If it doesn't excite me, it's not worth doing - it's better to work on myself and my own life and wait until another great thing comes along.

  Laura Dern

  Moving, Commitment, People

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• I did this within a philosophical framework, and a moral and legal framework. And I have been turned into a cartoon of the greatest villain in the history of lobbying.

  Jack Abramoff

  Philosophical, Cartoon, Lobbying

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• He who is void of virtuous attachments in private life is, or very soon will be, void of all regard for his country. There is seldom an instance of a man guilty of betraying his country, who had not before lost the feeling of moral obligations in his private connections.

  Samuel Adams

  Country, Men, Feelings

  Samuel Adams (1968). “The Writings of Samuel Adams: 1773-1777: 1773-1777”

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• If time is money, it seems moral to save time, above all one's own, and such parsimony is excused by consideration for others. One is straight-forward.

  Theodor Adorno

  Consideration, Parsimony, Time Is Money

  Theodor W. Adorno, E. F. N. Jephcott (2005). “Minima Moralia: Reflections on a Damaged Life”, p.41, Verso

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  Perfection of moral virtue does not wholly take away the passions, but regulates them.

  Thomas Aquinas

  Powerful, Passion, Perfection

  St Thomas Aquinas (2013). “Summa Theologica, Volume 1”, p.484, Cosimo, Inc.

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• Ethics are not necessarily to do with being law-abiding. I am very interested in the moral path, doing the right thing.

  Kate Atkinson

  Law, Abiding, Path

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• It's a moral question about whether we have the right to exterminate species.

  David Attenborough

  Animal Rights, Species

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• Morals are built on religious faith. Virtue is built on morality and influences a culture.

  Michele Bachmann

  Religious, Culture, Morality

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• It is as hard and severe a thing to be a true politician as to be truly moral.

  Francis Bacon

  Politics, Fierce, Politician

  Francis Bacon (1778). “The Works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Alban, and Lord High Chancellor of England: In Five Volumes”, p.111

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• When law becomes despotic, morals are relaxed, and vice versa.

  Honore de Balzac

  Law, Vices, Literature

  Honore de Balzac (2011). “The Magic Skin: Or The Wild Ass's Skin”, p.56, The Floating Press

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• Moral justification is a powerful disengagement mechanism. Destructive conduct is made personally and socially acceptable by portraying it in the service of moral ends. This is why most appeals against violent means usually fall on deaf ears.

  Albert Bandura

  Powerful, Fall, Mean

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• So I'm just waiting until one party or the other actually gets a moral compass and a backbone.

  John Perry Barlow

  Party, Waiting, Compass

  "John Perry Barlow: Wyoming's Estimated Prophet: Interview with Aaron Davis". Planet J.H. Weekly, July 28, 2005.

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• Obviously, marriage is not a synonym for morality. But stable marriages and families do encourage moral behavior.

  Gary Bauer

  Moral Behavior, Morality, Marriage And Family

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• For the record, I believe elected officials should talk about faith. Our founders believed the moral principles of faith were indispensable to our nation's survival. The Declaration of Independence mentions God four times.

  Gary Bauer

  Believe, Independence, Survival

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• America used to have a strong 'moral safety net' for its people. Today that net is badly frayed, not only because families are disintegrating but also because the church doesn't play the same role that it once did in many Americans' lives.

  Gary Bauer

  Strong, Play, America

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• You know, we all have our inner demons. I, for one - I can't speak for you, but I'm on the verge of moral collapse at any time. It can happen by the end of the show.

  Glenn Beck

  Inner Demons, Speak, Ends

  "Glenn Beck Program", November 6, 2006.

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• Not all moral issues have the same moral weight as abortion and euthanasia. There may be legitimate diversity of opinion even among Catholics about waging war and applying the death penalty, but not... with regard to abortion and euthanasia.

  Pope Benedict XVI

  War, Issues, Diversity

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• Since politics fundamentally should be a moral enterprise, the church in this sense has something to say about politics.

  Pope Benedict XVI

  Church, Should, Enterprise

  "Transcript from papal plane en route to Mexico". www.ncronline.org. March 26, 2012.

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• Each generation, as it seeks to advance the common good, must ask anew: 'What are the requirements that governments may reasonably impose upon citizens, and how far do they extend? By appeal to what authority can moral dilemmas be resolved?'

  Pope Benedict XVI

  Government, Generations, Citizens

  "Meeting with the Representatives of British Society, Including the Diplomatic Corps, Politicians, Academics and Business Leaders". Pope Benedict XVI speech, w2.vatican.va. September 17, 2010.

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• The one man other than my father who made the most lasting impression was an uncle, Serge B. Benson. He taught me in three different classes - but above all, he taught me lessons in moral, physical, and intellectual courage that I have tried to apply in later life.

  Ezra Taft Benson

  Uncles, Father, Men

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• In morals, theosophy builds its teachings on the unity, seeing in each form the expression of a common life, and therefore the fact that what injures one injures all. To do evil i.e., to throw poison into the life-blood of humanity, is a crime against the unity.

  Annie Besant

  Teaching, Expression, Blood

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• I was a wife and mother, blameless in moral life, with a deep sense of duty and a proud self-respect; it was while I was this that doubt struck me, and while I was in the guarded circle of the home, with no dream of outside work or outside liberty, that I lost all faith in Christianity.

  Annie Besant

  Mother, Dream, Home

  Annie Besant (1893). “Annie Besant: An Autobiography”

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• Isaiah is by far the finest and least objectionable of the seventeen prophets whose supposed productions form the latter part of the Old Testament. A distinctly higher moral tone appears in the writings called by his name, and this is especially noticeable in the 'Second Isaiah,' who wrote after the Babylonish captivity.

  Annie Besant

  Writing, Names, Captivity

  Annie Besant (2012). “The Theosophical Writings of Annie Besant”, p.425, Jazzybee Verlag

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• Nothing but an imperious intellectual and moral necessity can drive into doubt a religious mind, for it is as though an earthquake shook the foundations of the soul, and the very being quivers and sways under the shock.

  Annie Besant

  Religious, Earthquakes, Soul

  Annie Besant (1893). “Annie Besant: An Autobiography”

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