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Moral Quotes

Reflections on courage, values and conscience.

One line here draws a clear distinction between physical bravery, called an animal instinct, and moral bravery, described as the higher and truer form of courage. A separate, genuinely tolerant idea compares rival faiths to neighboring businesses, each one keeping the others honest through healthy competition.

Indulgence in frivolous speech not only reveals one's lack of moral character, but it deprives him of good qualities also.

Quotes by Thiruvalluvar

Intelligence is a moral category.

Quotes by Theodor W. Adorno

I don't think we should be deceived that art is such a moral thing.

Quotes by Svetlana Alexievich

Today, 'fat' has become not a description of size but a moral category tainted with criticism and contempt.

Quotes by Susie Orbach

As for Hollywood, there was an offer. But I declined to do it because of certain moral and ethical values.

Quotes by Suriya

There is a fine line between censorship and good taste and moral responsibility.

Quotes by Steven Spielberg

Preaching Christian salvation is to preach moral absolutes. Hollywood no likey.

Quotes by Steven Crowder

Men are more moral than they think and far more immoral than they can imagine.

Quotes by Sigmund Freud

I learned that public service is a privilege that must be based on moral foundations.

Quotes by Shimon Peres

After so many cases of terror attacks related to Islamic militancy remaining unresolved in the last few years, the government has no moral authority to stay in power.

Quotes by Sheikh Hasina

The moral and intellectual character of the Africans is widely different in different nations.

Quotes by Samuel George Morton

After the turbulence of death, moral principles and even religious proofs are called into question.

Quotes by Salvatore Quasimodo

We have a moral obligation to get healthcare to people who need it.

Quotes by Ron Williams

The moral and constitutional obligations of our representatives in Washington are to protect our liberty, not coddle the world, precipitating no-win wars, while bringing bankruptcy and economic turmoil to our people.

Quotes by Ron Paul

Unquestionably, it is the duty of every master to watch over the religious and moral culture of his slaves, and to give them every comfort and privilege that is not incompatible with the continued existence of the relations between them.

Quotes by Roger B. Taney

No, moral conscience is one thing, the law is another. We have to hold onto this difference.

Quotes by Rocco Buttiglione

We whites who position ourselves as liberal often opt to protect what we perceive as our moral reputationsrather than recognize or change our participation in systems of inequity and domination.

Quotes by Robin DiAngelo

In a world of democracies, the most deserving basis of national differences is that the different states of the world should represent a form of moral specialisation within humanity.

Quotes by Roberto Unger

I think Mormons are good, moral people, but they're not part of Christianity.

Quotes by Robert Jeffress

Law is vulnerable to the winds of intellectual or moral fashion, which it then validates as the commands of our most basic concept.

Quotes by Robert Bork

Frequently Asked Questions

What does "moral" mean across this quote collection?
It covers courage framed as a moral quality - one quote states that "moral bravery is much higher and truer courage" than physical bravery - along with religious pluralism and broader reflections on morality in public life.
Does this collection include a real legal or political debate about morality?
Yes, restrained: one quote is drawn from a real legal argument opposing recognition of a specific right, on the grounds that doing so would set aside "millennia of moral teaching." That's quoted here as the speaker's own stated opinion in a real, contested debate - not a position this page takes or endorses.
Is there a quote about religion and competition?
Yes - one quote compares faiths to businesses: "Every sect is a moral check on its neighbour. Competition is as wholesome in religion as in commerce," an observation about religious pluralism rather than an endorsement of any one tradition.
Does this collection touch on national moral decline?
Yes, one quote states plainly, "The USA experiences the crisis of ideological and moral values," presented as that speaker's own assessment.
Where can I find more on this theme?
See the Character quotes collection for a related angle on personal integrity and courage.

A broader observation warns of a widening rift in the country's guiding values, a theme that recurs across public life more than once. For related themes, see our character quotes and good quotes, or browse moral stories for longer narrative lessons.