Quotes About Morality

Never kill an animal but for three reasons: for food or hide, for defense, for mercy.

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the only people who made a profit out of crime were the lawyers and the criminals

Everyone should be allowed to follow their own conscience, Wainwright, when it comes to facing a moral dilemma. Bertrand Russell, no doubt, said Wainwright. Jesus Christ, actually, said George

He that filches from me my good name, robs me of that which not enriches him, and makes me poor indeed.

What if you had faith and performed good works, what if you died and went to heaven, and what if all the people you met there were people you didn't like?

The worst thing about religion was religious people.

Small children, by their very nature, are moral monsters.

The question is whether such a technique can really make a man good. Greatness comes from within, 6655321. Goodness is something chosen. When a man cannot choose he ceases to be a man.

M]aterialism clearly poses a bit of a problem for a central tenet of the justice system - namely, that people exert free will in their actions, including their criminal actions. If actions are merely the inevitable consequences of hard-wired brain circuitry - or, pushing the chain of causation back a step, of the genes we inherit from our parents - then the concept of genuine moral culpability becomes untenable.

lying produces few to no severe sanctions, lying increases in frequency.

Reality television gave me an amazing feeling of moral and intellectual superiority without actually requiring any effort past moving the dogs to find the remote.

Good people with strong convictions could overturn any injustice if they simply refused to quit.

He was not looking forward to breaking the law. He was straight now. He'd matured. Crime no longer excited him. What?' Ronald said. I didn't say anything.' You're breathing heavy.

After you die, you're going to hell for being a dishonest bastard, and you'll burn for eternity. The guy snatched his hand back. I don't believe in Hell. Most people don't until they get there. Mab smiled at him. Of course, if you stop lying and cheating, you can probably redeem yourself. If not, have them put marshmallows in your coffin. There's a bight side to everything, I always say.

Would she hit a dog to get great sex?

Values aren't buses, she said shortly. They're not supposed to get you anywhere. They're supposed to define who you are. And I'd rather be touchy-feely than morally bankrupt.

One of the biggest problems this country has is that people think a law is only a law if they agree with it. And if they don't, it's all right to kick guys like Joe out of the service and bomb abortion clinics because there's a higher law at work. And that's garbage, Allie. The law is the law. If you don't like it, change it. But don't break it and then start whining when there are consequences.

One of the biggest problems this country has is that people think a law is a law only if they agree with it. And if they don't, it's all right to kick guys like Joe out of the service and bomb abortion clinics because there's a higher law at work.

The law is a fine thing, even when it's wrong.

You are neglecting a wounded woman , Brenda shrieked from her car, practically strangling herself on her seat belt. God knows, there's not one gentleman among you! Call on the devil to save you, you limb of Satan , Doyle yelled down. God couldn't see you if He tried, you black-hearted whore.

all it took for evil to flourish was for good men to stand by and do nothing?

if you use people your entire life, if you manipulate them and take from them, and throw them away when you don't need them anymore, then yes, there are consequences. Bad things happen.

that if you use people your entire life, if you manipulate them and take from them, and throw them away when you don't need them anymore, then yes, there are consequences.