Quotes About Morality

Right is more precious than peace.

War isn't declared in the name of God; it is a human affair entirely.

Capital punishment would be more effective as a preventive measure if it were administered prior to the crime.

I used to steal second base, and feel guilty and go back.

If it turns out that there is a God, I don't think that he's evil. I think that the worst you can say about him is that basically he's an underachiever.

If Jesus came back and saw what was being done in his name, he'd never stop throwing up.

Is sex dirty? Only if it's done right.

If Jesus came back and saw what was being done in his name, he'd never stop throwing up.

There are two types of people in this world, good and bad. The good sleep better, but the bad seem to enjoy the waking hours much more.

As through this world I rambled I've seen lots of funny men. Some will rob you with a six-gun And some with a fountain pen.

Each child is an evil. Each adult is an self-control or be controlled evil.

A wicked man's gift hath a touch of his Master.

It's like those Christians that say that if there wasn't a God they'd be out there robbing, raping, and murdering folks. If that's true, and the only reason they aren't out committing crimes is because they're afraid to go to hell, then they aren't really good people.

I hope that my sons will live with honor in a world that is not afraid to use such a word and respect such a concept.

When you play, make sure you're honest enough to confront your own deficiencies. That's why practicing is a sign of morality in a musician. It means that you're willing to subject yourself to self-scrutiny of the highest order.

The law cannot forgive, for the law has not been wronged, only broken; only persons can be wronged. The law can pardon, but it can only pardon what it has the power to punish.

A vice in common can be the ground of a friendship but not a virtue in common. X and Y may be friends because they are both drunkards or womanizers but, if they are both sober and chaste, they are friends for some other reason.

One can only blaspheme if one believes.

Goodness is easier to recognize than to define.

You're not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it.

Any time you know you're within the law, within your legal rights, within your moral rights, in accord with justice, then die for what you believe in. But don't die alone. Let your dying be reciprocal. This is what is meant by equality. What's good for the goose is good for the gander.

I don't believe in any form of unjustified extremism! But when a man is exercising extremism -- a human being is exercising extremism -- in defense of liberty for human beings it's no vice, and when one is moderate in the pursuit of justice for human beings I say he is a sinner.

A lot of money is tainted - Taint yours and taint mine.

It appears to me that not only what is done by honourable and virtuous men in the serious transactions of life is worthy of record, but also what they do in their hours of amusement.