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• All moral laws are merely statements that certain kinds of actions will have good effects.

  George Edward Moore

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• What would I do without the moral compass of a teenage werewolf.

  Ilona Andrews

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• Has Bill Clinton inspired idealism in the young, as he himself was inspired by John F. Kennedy? Or has he actually reduced their idealism? Surely part of the answer lies in Clinton’s personal moral lapse with Monica Lewinsky. But more important was his sin of omission – his failure to embrace a moral cause beyond popularity.

  Arlie Russell Hochschild

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• A basic moral imperative is in play here. If you can protect a child, you must.

  Catherynne M. Valente

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• No tale ever happened in the way we tell it. But the moral is always correct.

  Donald Barthelme

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• Taking the life of another is always a moral crime.

  Angelo Scola

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• I don’t see, based on the evidence, economic and moral, that we can make it that much further.

  Joel C. Rosenberg

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• Now, I’m an atheist. I really don’t believe for a moment that our moral sense comes from a god.

  Ian McEwan

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• The moral of a fable is eternal. The moral of a story is temporary to a story.

  Yann Martel

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• I was raised by my parents to believe that you had a moral obligation to try and help save the world.

  Anne Lamott

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• We do not think clearly about our moral obligations to animals.

  Gary Lawrence Francione

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• The moral arc of the universe bends at the elbow of justice.

  Martin Luther King Jr

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• In all good westerns, the good guy is always a little bit questionable because he kind-of has to make moral judgments.

  Daniel Craig

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• Many smart folks seem to think that if you just get your metaphors and messages right, you’ll win. That if you start describing what you favor as a ‘moral value’ – ‘affordable health care is a moral value’ etc., – then you’ll appeal to red-state voters.

  Eric Liu

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• There are some heterosexuals that have heterosexual behavior that is appalling sexually, that is deviant and bad and not really moral and Christ-like and biblical. But those people are never questioned as to whether or not they’re allowed to be a parent.

  Rosie O'Donnell

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• If we are now holding late-night talk-show hosts to the same moral accountability as we hold politicians or clergymen, I’m out. I’m gone.

  Craig Ferguson

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• Moral authority has been laid to rest, world opinion is no more than a game show and the difference between good and evil is about as relevant as changing channels.

  Ralph Steadman

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• I have a strong moral sense – by my standards.

  Rex Stout

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• Just carrying a ruler with you in your pocket should be forbidden, at least on a moral basis. The ruler is the symbol of the new illiteracy. The ruler is the symptom of the new disease, disintegration of our civilisation.

  Friedensreich Hundertwasser

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• No, moral conscience is one thing, the law is another. We have to hold onto this difference.

  Rocco Buttiglione

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