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I think we need to take responsibility for the things we put on this planet, and also take responsibility for the things we take off the planet. We need to have limiters on how far we allow ourselves to go - ethical, moral limiters.

From the day I started to think politically and to develop my own moral values, from my earliest youth, I have been an ardent defender of Israel.

There is a fine line between censorship and good taste and moral responsibility.

No one can be perfectly free till all are free; no one can be perfectly moral till all are moral; no one can be perfectly happy till all are happy.

Without a moral framework, there is nothing left but immediate self-indulgence by some and the path of least resistance by others. Neither can sustain a free society.

All the political angst and moral melodrama about getting 'the rich' to pay 'their fair share' is part of a big charade. This is not about economics, it is about politics.

A moral monopoly is the antithesis of a marketplace of ideas.

We educated, privileged lawyers have a professional and moral duty to represent the underrepresented in our society, to ensure that justice exists for all, both legal and economic justice.

In our country the lie has become not just a moral category but a pillar of the State.

The right way is not always the popular and easy way. Standing for right when it is unpopular is a true test of moral character.

The most powerful moral influence is example.

For millions of men and women, the church has been the hospital for the soul, the school for the mind and the safe depository for moral ideas.

History and experience tell us that moral progress comes not in comfortable and complacent times, but out of trial and confusion.

There's nothing that will change someone's moral outlook quicker than cash in large sums.

The theologian considers sin mainly as an offence against God; the moral philosopher as contrary to reasonableness.

Moral science is better occupied when treating of friendship than of justice.

Perfection of moral virtue does not wholly take away the passions, but regulates them.

State sanctioned marriage is a civil contract period. A contract is not a judgment of moral value. It is a legal agreement between two parties that testifies to a meeting of minds between those consenting entities. It is not a religious act or rite and so has nothing to do with Adam and Eve or Steve or even Harvey.

There is a set of religious, or rather moral, writings which teach that virtue is the certain road to happiness, and vice to misery in this world. A very wholesome and comfortable doctrine, and to which we have but one objection, namely, that it is not true.

When lying, be emphatic and indignant, thus behaving like your children.

Overall, the challenge of leadership is both moral and one of developing the characteristics that make us respected by one another.