moralists

And self-murder, though prescribed by some of the heathen moralists, is certainly a remedy worse than the disease, how bad soever the disease may be.

Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John) 1721

The moralists are the only segment of the GOP that has a large majority who oppose gays and lesbians serving openly in the military.

Republican Party and its upcoming Civil War 2009

Chronic remorse, as all the moralists are agreed, is a most undesirable sentiment.

Its Official, Lucas Sucks 2004

Americans have, on occasion, been called moralists who often speak in terms of right and wrong.

Whitehall Palace Address (The Three Pillars of Peace & Security) on Iraq 2003

Americans have on occasion been called moralists, who often speak in terms of right and wrong.

CNN Transcript Nov 19, 2003 2003

If demonstration were needed that Mark Twain is sealed of the tribe of moralists, that is amply supplied by that masterpiece, that triumph of invention, construction, and originality, 'The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg'.

Mark Twain Archibald Henderson 1920

The later moralists, that is to say, broadly speaking, those who have written since the end of the eighteenth century, though in fundamental agreement with their predecessors, have somewhat shifted the perspective.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913

If demonstration were needed that Mark Twain is sealed of the tribe of moralists, that is amply supplied by that masterpiece, that triumph of invention, construction, and originality, 'The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg'.

Mark Twain Henderson, Archibald 1910

There is a school of so-called moralists who regard all this as the legitimate and providential punishment for vice, even though ten innocent be destroyed for one guilty.

Woman and Womanhood A Search for Principles 1909

But the recognised representative of the moralists was the ponderous Samuel Johnson.

English Literature and Society in the Eighteenth Century Leslie Stephen 1868