I did this within a philosophical framework and a moral and legal framework. And I have been turned into a cartoon of the greatest villain in the history of lobbying.

By the fulfillment of my legal and moral duty I think I have earned punishment just as little as the tens of thousands of dutiful German officials who have now been imprisoned only because they carried out their duties.

Daley may not feel a moral responsibility to eliminate discrimination but he has a legal obligation to do so.

What I'm doing is writing stories about women who care about justice. They are women who think about the difference between right and wrong what's legal and illegal ethical and unethical moral and immoral.

We not only have a legal obligation to honor our commitments we have a moral obligation to provide the coverage we promised to provide to these people.

Words without deeds violates the moral and legal obligation we have under the genocide convention but more importantly violates our sense of right and wrong and the standards we have as human beings about looking to care for one another.

The legal principle placing the burden of proof on accusers rather than the accused can be traced back to Second and Third Century Roman jurist Julius Paulus Prudentissimus. Yet this ancient concept which forms the legal and moral cornerstone of the American judicial system is quickly being undermined in the name of 'national security.'

Mr. Speaker the fact of the matter is that the Ten Commandments are a historical document that contains moral ethical and legal truisms that any person of any religion or even an atheist can recognize and appreciate.

And Americans realized that native people are still here that they have a moral standing a legal standing.

I've thought hard about my psychological connections and I think I've managed to separate out the psychological from the legal moral and political.

I know how easy it is for one to stay well within moral ethical and legal bounds through the skillful use of words - and to thereby spin sidestep circumvent or bend a truth completely out of shape. To that extent we are all liars on numerous occasions.

Love is moral even without legal marriage but marriage is immoral without love.

All are agreed that the increase of learning and good morals are great blessings to society.

Organizations endure however in proportion to the breadth of the morality by which they are governed. Thus the endurance of organization depends upon the quality of leadership and that quality derives from the breadth of the morality upon which it rests.

The union is much more than me and when you think the union is you and it's not about who you represent I think you've sort of lost your morals and focus and the purpose of your leadership.

Under the leadership of President Bush and Vice President Cheney the United States has given up the moral high ground that we used to occupy as an international leader.

The Leadership Training Institute of America trains and equips young men and women to be leaders with high standards of personal morality and integrity.

In fact the converse is true: At a time when the United States has been called on for a level of moral leadership vision and inspiration not seen since World War II we cannot afford to dissemble about crimes against humanity.

I think the greater responsibility in terms of morality is where leadership begins.

Leadership cannot just go along to get along. Leadership must meet the moral challenge of the day.

Yes America must do the right thing but to provide moral leadership America must do it in the right way too.

Overall the challenge of leadership is both moral and one of developing the characteristics that make us respected by one another.

Leadership consists not in degrees of technique but in traits of character it requires moral rather than athletic or intellectual effort and it imposes on both leader and follower alike the burdens of self-restraint.

A functioning robust democracy requires a healthy educated participatory followership and an educated morally grounded leadership.