#commandment

We continue to need exhortations to be sympathetic and just, even if we do not believe that there is a God who has a hand in wishing to make us so. We no longer have to be brought into line by the threat of hell or the promise of paradise; we merely have to be reminded that it is we ourselves -- that is, the most mature and reasonable parts of us (seldom present in the midst of our crises and obsessions) -- who want to lead the sort of life which we once imagined supernatural beings demanded of us. An adequate evolution of morality from superstition to reason should mean recognizing ourselves as the authors of our own moral commandments. ↗

— Alain de Botton

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I believe honor thy mother and father is not just a good commandment to live by, it is good public policy to govern by. That is why I feel so strongly about Medicare. ↗

— Barbara Mikulski

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If Moses had gone to Harvard Law School and spent three years working on the Hill, he would have written the Ten Commandments with three exceptions and a saving clause. ↗

— Charles Morgan

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Seeking the good is not primarily about rules and commandments. ↗

— Timothy Radcliffe

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If we are to keep our democracy, there must be one commandment: "Thou shalt not ration justice." ↗

— Sophocles

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The ideals of the party were close to me, and I have tried to adhere to those principles all my life. In essence, they are the same as in the Ten Commandments in the Bible. I will never change my convictions. ↗

— Valentina Tereshkova

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If God had been a liberal, we wouldn't have had the Ten Commandments - we'd have the Ten Suggestions. ↗

— Malcolm Bradbury

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Your very eyes. How they have always been for me the command to obey, the inviolable and beautiful commandment. No, no, I'm not telling lies. Your appearance in the doorway! ... You have been my body's health. Whenever I have read a book, it was you I was reading, not the book, you were the book. You were, you were. ↗

— Robert Walser

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Public opinion is stronger than the legislature, and nearly as strong as the ten commandments. ↗

— Charles Dudley Warner

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I have ten commandments. The first nine are, thou shalt not bore. The tenth is, thou shalt have right of final cut. ↗

— Billy Wilder

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