Richard Brinsley Sheridan Quotes

There is nothing politically right that is morally wrong.

Many a man renounces morals, but with great difficulty the conception, 'morality.' Morality is the 'idea' of morals, their intellectual power, their power over the conscience; on the other hand, morals are too material to rule the mind, and do not fetter an 'intellectual' man, a so-called independent, a 'freethinker.'

I try not to do anything that's immoral.

There's always the hyena of morality at the garden gate, and the real wolf at the end of the street.

I'm not any more moral than my neighbors.

Morality without religion is only a kind of dead reckoning - an endeavor to find our place on a cloudy sea by measuring the distance we have run, but without any observation of the heavenly bodies.

Modern morality is all about perception.

Conscience is the sentinel of virtue.

Morality is a test of our conformity rather than our integrity.

The imperative is to define what is right and do it.

Morals are in all countries the result of legislation and government; they are not African or Asian or European: they are good or bad.

Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right.

A man without ethics is a wild beast loosed upon this world.

Ethics are not necessarily to do with being law-abiding. I am very interested in the moral path, doing the right thing.

The fundamental basis of ethics must be chosen in some non-scientific way.

What we call “morals” is simply blind obedience to words of command.

Morality is a social necessity

Moderation in the pursuit of truth is no virtue. Vigilance in the defense of public ethics is no vice.

Falsehood and delusion are allowed in no case whatsoever. But, as in the exercise of all the virtues, there is an economy of truth.

Morality is the best of all devices for leading mankind by the nose.

Moral liberty is the power of following, in all circumstances, our sense of right and wrong, or of acting in conformity to our reflecting and moral principles, without being controlled by any contrary principles.

If the Soviet Government orders me to act against my conscience, I do not obey …. Conscience is above the law. No law which is against the conscience can bind.

I have a moral conscience that is real central.

To see the line between being good and bad is really thin. It's not easy for anyone, not the manager, the players or the staff.

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