Judges ought to be more leaned than witty, more reverent than plausible, and more advised than confident. Above all things, integrity is their portion and proper virtue. - Francis Bacon
I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue. - Barry Goldwater
According to the new ethics, virtue is not restrictive but expansive, a sentiment and even an intoxication. - Irving Babbitt
There is perhaps no phenomenon which contains so much destructive feeling as moral indignation, which permits envy or to be acted out under the guise of virtue. - Erich Fromm
A tragic situation exists precisely when virtue does not triumph but when it is still felt that man is nobler than the forces which destroy him. - George Orwell
Every faculty and virtue I possess can be used as an instrument with which to worry myself. - Mark Rutherford
There is a tendency around the world today to copy TV culture. And that is not always a virtue. - Francis Arinze