Quotes About Morality

So I was still guilty. And if I was not guilty because one cannot be guilty of betraying a criminal, then I was guilty of having loved a criminal.

People who commit monstrous crimes are not necessarily monsters. If they were, things would be easy. But they aren't and it is one of the experiences of life.

I know very well that the theatre is Sodom and Gomorrah in one.

There's a little bit of hooker in every woman. A little bit of hooker and a little bit of God." —Sarah Miles

You see, no one ever told her to keep her legs closed and crossed at the ankles. No one ever said: "Save it for the one you love" or "Good girls say no.

Go ahead; embark on your journey now—walk the path of Goodness, Life, Law, and Reason.

We are living in a nation which worships wealth rather than caring for the poor. I don't think that is the nation we should be living in.

If a nation is morally judged by how we treat the weakest and most vulnerable among us, our health care system fails miserably.

The Bible, and virtually every major religion on earth, has a term for this practice. It's called "usury." In The Divine Comedy, Dante reserved a special place in the seventh circle of hell for people who charged usurious interest rates.

In The Divine Comedy, Dante reserved a special place in the seventh circle of hell for people who charged usurious interest rates.

We are aware of conscience in the same way that a horse has a sense of its rider, or a helmsman on a ship takes his bearings from the stars. Alas! The horse has many different riders, and many different helmsmen look toward many stars. The question is who guides the rider and in which direction does a captain steer his ship.

Somebody recently figured out that we have 35 million laws to enforce the ten commandments.

Conscience is that still, small voice that is sometimes too loud for comfort.

The eleventh commandment --- Thou shalt not be found out --- is the only one that is virtually impossible to keep these days.

The only thing that can win over evil is love. Learn to love, strive to love, cause we ain't got time for nothing else.

He who does not know the truth is Ignorant, he who knows and not speaks up is Criminal. Bertold Brecht

Right is its own defense.

No one can be good for long if goodness is not in demand.

What is robbing a bank compared with founding a bank?

You may proclaim, good sirs, your fine philosophy But till you feed us, right and wrong can wait!

Righteous people have no sense of humor.

There are times when you have to choose between being a human and having good taste.

It is easier to rob by setting up a bank than by holding up a bank clerk.

Those who are against Fascism without being against capitalism, who lament over the barbarism that comes out of barbarism, are like people who wish to eat their veal without slaughtering the calf.