Quotes About Morality

Conscience does make cowards of us all.

Conscience is thoroughly well-bred, and soon leaves off talking to those who do not wish to hear it.

Shame arises from the fear of man; conscience from the fear of God.

The only incorruptible thing about us.

Liberty of conscience (when people have consciences) is rightly considered the most indispensable of liberties.

Conscience is a sacred sanctuary where God alone may enter as judge.

As to moral courage, I have very rarely met with the two o'clock in the morning kind. I mean unprepared courage, that which is necessary on an unexpected occasion, and which, in spite of the most unforeseen events, leaves full freedom of judgement and decision.

The courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of a final moment, but it is no less a magnificent mixture of triumph and tragedy. A man does what he must- in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers and pressures-and that is the basis of all morality.

I have often though morality may perhaps consist solely in the courage of making a choice.

True courage is not the brutal force of vulgar heroes, but the firm resolve of virtue and reason.

Physical courage, which despises all danger, will make a man brave in one way; and moral courage, which despises all opinion, will make a man brave in another. The former would seem most necessary for the camp; the latter for the council; but to constitute a great man, both are necessary.

A moral, sensible, and well-bred man Will not affront me, and no other can.

A cowardly act! What do I care about that? You may be sure that I should never fear to commit one if it were to my advantage.

The number of malefactors authorizes not the crime.

The faults of the burglar are the qualities of the financier.

The study of crime begins with the knowledge of oneself.

Fear succeeds crime - it is its punishment.

It is fairly obvious that those who are in favour of the death penalty have more affinity with assassins than those who are not.

Capital punishment is as fundamentally wrong as a cure for crime as charity is wrong as a cure for poverty.

Crime, like virtue, has its degrees.

Many commit the same crimes with a very different result. One bears a cross for his crime; another a crown.

One crime is everything; two nothing.

It is not the thief who is hanged, but one who was caught stealing.

When one bases his life on principle, 99 percent of his decisions are already made.