#oral

If you tie a man's hands there is nothing moral about his not committing murder. ↗

— Auberon Herbert

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We hold that what one man cannot morally do, a million men cannot morally do, and government, representing many millions of men, cannot do. ↗

— Auberon Herbert

#government #hold #man #many #men

Respect for the truth comes close to being the basis for all morality. ↗

— Frank Herbert

#being #close #comes #morality #respect

The Roosevelt enactment of Social Security was a moral revolution in our country: We were assured that we would never reach the very depths of poverty. And to be told, that we are now going to gamble it, on Wall Street, is nonsense! ↗

— Arthur Hertzberg

#country #depths #enactment #gamble #going

It was as if all of the happiness, all of the magic of this blissful hour had flowed together into these stirring, bittersweet tones and flowed away, becoming temporal and transitory once more. ↗

— Herman Hesse

#becoming #bittersweet #flowed #had #happiness

Customs form us all, our thoughts, our morals, our most fixed beliefs; are consequences of our place of birth. ↗

— Aaron Hill

#birth #consequences #customs #fixed #form

Because when God heals a body, that is temporal; but when God saves a soul, that has eternal importance. ↗

— Benny Hinn

#body #eternal #god #heals #importance

If religion is the cornerstone of morality, how come I so often find myself explaining why I don’t hate god to someone who’s expressed hatred for atheists, scientists, feminists, gays, intellectuals, and all other forms of infidels? ↗

— Lindsey Brown

#religion #religion

The only thing more dangerous than an idea is a belief. And by dangerous I don't mean thought-provoking. I mean: might get people killed. ↗

— Sarah Vowell

#morality #religion #religious-extremism #religion

High moral character is not a precondition for great moral accomplishments. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

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