Morality Quotes

Segregation is the adultery of an illicit intercourse between injustice and immorality.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Statesmen may plan and speculate for liberty but it is religion and morality alone that can establish the principles upon which freedom can securely stand.

John Adams

Social confusion has now reached a point at which the pursuit of immorality turns out to be more exhausting than compliance with the old moral codes.

Denis de Rougemont

Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life. Aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something.

Henry David Thoreau

Immorality: the morality of those who are having a better time.

H. L. Mencken

A man does what he must - In spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers and pressures - And that is the basis of all human morality.

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

I say that a man must be certain of his morality for the simple reason that he has to suffer for it.

G. K. Chesterton

Morality is temporary, wisdom is permanent.

Hunter S. Thompson, Kingdom of Fea