moral
Example Sentences
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“We must leave the racial battleground and come to economic common ground and moral higher ground,” he said in a memorable speech.
From Los Angeles Times
America’s long-term strength depends on educating our next generation of leaders with the knowledge, moral clarity and courage to speak the truth and faithfully advance the nation’s core values and founding ideals.
They raise children with moral fiber, to care about the people in their lives as well as the larger world around them.
From Salon
Rather than lashing out, Obama addressed the controversy in his trademark measured tone, framing the episode as part of a broader moral decline in American public life.
From Salon
But it’s a mistake to read this episode as evidence that moral standards are just that much higher in the land of sticky toffee pudding and the BBC Proms.
From Salon
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