H. L. Mencken Quotes

There is no moral precept that does not have something inconvenient about it.

There is no equality between that which is right and that which is wrong.

Right and wrong are not simply matters of evolutionary impacts and what is natural.

In this life, it's not hard to do wrong.

There is but one right, and the possibilities of wrong are infinite.

That which is morally wrong will never be politically right.

We are all ready to be savage in some cause. The difference between a good man and a bad one is the choice of the cause.

Greatness is not manifested by unlimited pragmatism, which places such a high premium on the end justifying any means and any methods.

Is there one specific source that determines correct morality and everybody should follow that? Or should individuals come up with following that source or not depending on their situation?

Virtue cannot separate itself from reality without becoming a principle of evil.

Sin, also for those who don't have faith, exists when one goes against one's conscience. To listen to and obey it means, in fact, to decide in face of what is perceived as good or evil. And on this decision pivots the goodness or malice of our action.

There is nothing politically right that is morally wrong.

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

It may not have the virtuous ring of the golden rule, but the maxim 'never say never' is one of the most important in ethics.

To prefer evil to good is not in human nature; and when a man is compelled to choose one of two evils, no one will choose the greater when he might have the less.

There is no right in acting.

There is a contest old as Eden, which still goes on - the conflict between right and wrong, between error and truth. In this conflict every human being has a part.

Enhanced interrogation is not to be considered lightly, but the use of enhanced interrogation techniques does not require moral people to abandon their beliefs. Rather, it is precisely during these difficult times that one's beliefs about life, justice and mercy become indispensible.

Every judgement of conscience, be it right or wrong, be it about things evil in themselves or morally indifferent, is obligatory, in such wise that he who acts against his conscience always sins.

Morality is a social necessity

doing what is right is easy. The problem is knowing what is right

You cannot be at home with something that you feel that is wrong, is not right.

I don't believe that there are two sides to a story when it's a matter of right versus wrong. It just doesn't work that way.

One needs to know what is right and what is wrong.

If you vote for evil, you are evil yourself.