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To be civilized is to be potentially master of all possible ideas, and that means that one has got beyond being shocked, although one preserves one's own moral aesthetic preferences. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

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When there is a lack of honor in government, the morals of the whole people are poisoned. ↗

— Herbert Hoover

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My parents were pretty lenient with me. But, they gave me morality while I was growing up. They taught me the difference between right and wrong. ↗

— Mark Hoppus

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All I can hope to do is instill great morality in my son and trust him along the way. The music he listens to or how he chooses to wear his hair doesn't define his moral compass, and if he wants to listen to country music and wear a cowboy hat too, that's fine. ↗

— Mark Hoppus

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The true grandeur of humanity is in moral elevation, sustained, enlightened and decorated by the intellect of man. ↗

— Charles Sumner

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None of us can boast about the morality of our ancestors. The record does not show that Adam and Eve were ever married. ↗

— E. W. Howe

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There is a point at which the law becomes immoral and unethical. That point is reached when it becomes a cloak for the cowardice that dares not stand up against blatant violations of justice. ↗

— Kurt Huber

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Beauty, whether moral or natural, is felt, more properly than perceived. ↗

— David Hume

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The rules of morality are not the conclusion of our reason. ↗

— David Hume

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They divided the city into three electoral wards, and in one ward there was 70 percent of the people, the Catholic population, and they elected eight representatives to the city council. ↗

— John Hume

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