Being moral means obeying ancient law and inherited custom

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• Moral virtue is a settled habit of preferring a good life to a good time MAMortimer Adlerc. 1970
• Civilization is the conduct that shows people their duty, and doing one's duty is the same as being moral MGMahatma Gandhi22 Nov 1909
• Generally, the more someone says they are moral and high-integrity, the less likely they are to be. NRNaval Ravikant28 Dec 2019
• People have a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws MJMartin Luther King Jr.c. 1963–1964
• Moral virtues were contrived by politicians, as the offspring of flattery working on pride BMBernard Mandevillec. 1714–1733

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