Quotes about morality
501 quotes from 241 people
It is a man’s own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.
Gautama Buddha501–501 BCDhammapada, Ch. 14, Verse 183All that is required for evil to prevail is for good men to do nothing.
Edmund Burke1729–1797Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontents (1770), Volume i, p. 526- Edmund Burke1729–1797Letter to the Sheriffs of Bristol (1777)
- Edmund Burke1729–1797Speech on the Bill for the Relief of Protestant Dissenters (7 March 1773)
- Edmund Burke1729–1797Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790), Volume iii, p. 332
Robert Burns1759–1796Man was Made to Mourn, st. 7 (1786)What’s done we partly may compute,
But know not what’s resisted.Robert Burns1759–1796Address to the Unco Guid, st. 8 (1786)
George W. Bushborn 1946Remarks at the interfaith memorial service honoring five fallen officers in Dallas — full transcript at wfaa.com (12 July 2016)Murdering the innocent to advance an ideology is wrong every time, everywhere.
George W. Bushborn 1946Farewell Address to the Nation (15 January 2009)We’ve come to know truths that we will never question: evil is real, and it must be opposed.
