“What is moral is self-evident.”
“Self-evident, adj. Evident to one's self and to nobody else.”
“Rational self-interest is always what morality boils down to.”
“Although the principle of equality has always been self-evident, it has never been self-executing.”
“In our reasonings concerning matter of fact, there are all imaginable degrees of assurance, from the highest certainty to the lowest species of moral evidence. A wise man, therefore, proportions his belief to the evidence.”
“Although Americans justify their self-interest in moral terms, their true interest is never itself moral.”