America's state religion, is patriotism, a phenomenon which has convinced many of the citizenry that 'treason' is morally worse than murder or rape. William Blum
We grow with years more fragile in body, but morally stouter, and can throw off the chill of a bad conscience almost at once. Logan Pearsall Smith
When I teach, I preach. I thump the Bible. I exhort my students morally. I talk to them about the dedicated life. Annie Dillard