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No scoundrel is so stupid as to not find a reason for his vile conduct.

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

I don't know what a scoundrel is like, but I know what a respectable man is like, and it's enough to make one's flesh creep.

I have never regarded politics as the arena of morals. It is the arena of interest.

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.'

You know, I really do have some morals. I do actually care about people. And I do have a political standpoint.

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

Democrats always like to brag that their guys are smarter than the opponents and Republicans always like to brag that their guys are more moral than the opponents. But if you're looking for morals in politics you're looking for bananas in the cheese department.

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

Morals are private. Decency is public.