There was, I think, a prevailing impression common to the provincial mind, that his misfortune was the result of the defective moral quality of his being a stranger.
We become strong, I feel, when we have no friends upon whom to lean, or to look to for moral guidance.
I think carrying moral baggage is very dangerous for an artist. If you have a duty, it's to be true and not cover up the cracks.
I believe that a long step toward public morality will have been taken when sins are called by their right names.
I have always thought it morally unacceptable to kill stories, not to run stories, that people have risked their lives to get.
I grew up on DC Comics, moral tales where the bad guys got their comeuppance. To me the gory panels or grotesque stuff just made me chuckle.
An election is a moral horror, as bad as a battle except for the blood; a mud bath for every soul concerned in it.
The main point for me is moral; animals are sentient beings. I know for some this is a hard argument to accept, but we're not built to eat a lot of meat.
Confusing monogamy with morality has done more to destroy the conscience of the human race than any other error.
Whoever educates himself and improves his own morals & character is superior to the man who tries to teach & train others.
Voting is the most precious right of every citizen, and we have a moral obligation to ensure the integrity of our voting process.
What we call 'morals' is simply blind obedience to words of command.
America has become amnesiac, a country in which forms of historical, political, and moral forgetting are not only willfully practiced but celebrated.
The number, the industry, and the morality of the priesthood, and the devotion of the people have been manifestly increased by the total separation of the church from the state.
All political revolutions, not affected by foreign conquest, originate in moral revolutions. The subversion of established institutions is merely one consequence of the previous subversion of established opinions.
Chaperons, even in their days of glory, were almost never able to enforce morality; what they did was to force immorality to be discreet. This is no small contribution.
I find books that have a moral and spiritual center, that speak to what is really important and lasting, hugely appealing.
The political Right likes to champion individual rights and individual liberty, but it has also worked to enforce morality in relation to abortion, gambling, and homosexuality.
To nurture your career, it makes sense to cultivate your strengths. To nurture your moral core, it is necessary to confront your weaknesses.
There are heroes and schmucks in all worlds. The most important thing is whether you are willing to engage in moral struggle against yourself.
If a policy is wrongheaded, feckless and corrupt, I take it personally and consider it a moral obligation to sound off and not shut up until it's fixed.
