Quotes About Morality

There are times in politics when you must be on the right side and lose.

Neutrality is at times a graver sin than belligerence.

In a city where millions of people are drawn to Times Square, we need to push against the immorality that has taken root there once again so families can enjoy New York.

I no longer shall tinker with the machinery of death.

Because the Illinois death penalty system is arbitrary and capricious - and therefore immoral - I no longer shall tinker with the machinery of death.

To compromise simply means that you go a tiny bit below what you know is right.

I felt very strongly about the Ashley Madison thing. Of the 39 million people who signed up for Ashley Madison, only a tiny percentage of them actually had an affair. And I'd go a step further and say even if they did, it's none of our business, frankly.

As a real person, he wouldn't last a minute, would he? But drama is about imperfection. And we've moved away from the aspirational hero. We got tired of it, it was dull. If I was House's friend, I would hate it. How he so resolutely refuses to be happy or take the kind-hearted road. But we don't always like morally good people, do we?

I am sick and tired of hearing that it is our moral duty to serve the state, because conservatives believe that it is our moral duty to serve our fellow man regardless of race, sex, affiliation or creed, and when we serve, we believe that it is the state's duty to get out of the way.

Are you sick and tired of these moralizing moralizers imposing their morality on the rest of us? I know I am.

Like so many Americans, I am sick and tired of watching the rapid decline of our culture right in front of our eyes.

'Tis no sin to cheat the devil.

'Tis better to suffer wrong than do it.

'Tis one thing to be tempted, another thing to fall.

In America, we are selling fetal tissue to be used in: the manufacture of cosmetics as well as for medical research.

My principles are more important than the money or my title.

Fame and success and titles stay with you, but they wear out eventually. In the end, all that you are left with is your character.

I detest politics, to be honest with you. It's a cesspool. And I don't think I would fare well in that cesspool because I don't believe in political correctness and I certainly don't believe in dishonesty.

I can't hide things from my Maker, so it is better to be honest.

Maybe sometimes you are punished for honesty, but I always prefer to be honest.

I've never been crazy. I'm a very good girl, to be honest. I don't do anything to hurt anybody.

I try to be honest. I try to take the high road. That's all I can do.

Bad guys are complicated characters. It's always fun to play them. You get away with a lot more. You don't have a heroic code you have to live by.

My message is to get human beings to love God, love their neighbor and for the life of me I just don't see the downside of human beings not being so mean to one another and actually care for one another and not steal from one another and not murder each other for their tennis shoes. That's the message I have.