Practical Quotations » Virtue

Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 18:48:54 +0000

The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings. The inherent virtue of Socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.

Patrick Henry

Patrick Henry — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 21:41:06 +0000

The great pillars of all government and of social life [are] virtue, morality, and religion. This is the armor, my friend, and this alone, that renders us invincible.

Patrick Henry

Patrick Henry — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 21:33:15 +0000

Righteousness alone can exalt America as a nation. Whoever thou art, remember this; and in thy sphere practice virtue thyself, and encourage it in others.

Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 16:54:04 +0000

From the practice of the purest virtue, you may be assured you will derive the most sublime comforts in every moment of life, and in the moment of death.

George Washington

George Washington — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:16:06 +0000

[T]he government . . . can never be in danger of degenerating into a monarchy, and oligarchy, an aristocracy, or any other despotic or oppressive form so long as there shall remain any virtue in the body of the people.

George Washington

George Washington — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:11:10 +0000

It is substantially true, that virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government.

Samuel Adams

Samuel Adams — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 22:29:00 +0000

While the people are virtuous they cannot be subdued; but when once they lose their virtue then will be ready to surrender their liberties to the first external or internal invader.

Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:04:48 +0000

In the great battle of life, no brilliancy of intellect, no perfection of bodily development, will count when weighed in the balance against the assemblage of virtues, active and passive, of moral qualities which we group together under the name of character.

John Adams

John Adams — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 02:14:31 +0000

The Christian religion is, above all the religions that ever prevailed or existed in ancient or modern times, the religion of wisdom, virtue, equity and humanity.

John Adams

John Adams — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 02:03:32 +0000

The only foundation of a free constitution is pure virtue.