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Sometimes I talk to religious people about my column or what I do, and I ask them to, you know, read 20 or 30 of them and then come tell me that the message at the heart of every column isn't, 'Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.' In every possible sense.

— Dan Savage

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✓Similar Perspectives

I grew up being taught, 'Do unto others as they would do unto you.' I would get scolded for not being polite.

— Joel Edgerton

I can try to convince somebody else of my beliefs, but I should not be imposing.

— Benigno Aquino III

Do not do unto others as you expect they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same.

— George Bernard Shaw

If I have been fortunate enough to have risen to a level in this business where people would actually listen to me, then I think I have a duty to convey all truths that I encounter.

— Ashleigh Banfield

I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law.

— Aristotle

I don't have a set of tenets, but I live an ethical life. I practice a humility that presupposes there's a power greater than myself. And I always believe, don't inflict harm where it's not necessary.

— Michael J. Fox

However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?

— Buddha

And in that I cannot send unto you all my businesses in writing, I despatch these present bearers fully informed in all things, to whom it may please you to give faith and credence in what they shall say unto you by word of mouth.

— Owen Glendower

If you really believe in the message you're preaching, you want as many people as possible to listen.

— Mark Batterson

✗Opposing Perspectives

I grew up in the Methodist church and taught Sunday school, and one of my favorite passages of scripture is, 'in as much as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.' Matthew 25:40.

— Elizabeth Warren