take the moral high ground

Their position seems to be that "they are taking the moral high ground".

On the plus side, they said it "takes the moral high ground."

"We decided to take the moral high ground," an official said.

He takes the moral high ground without having to actually give up immoral practices.

Having said that, English fans can hardly take the moral high ground.

"The only way is through alliance and taking the moral high ground.

They'll take the moral high ground all the time.

Blair attempts yet again to take the moral high ground, to place himself between left and right, as he always does.

Banks was hardly one to take the moral high ground in raising children, he had to admit to himself.

She suggests that you "help children to take the moral high ground in reacting to this disaster."

"So you want to take the moral high ground, do you?

It's all about taking the moral high ground.

"And unlike slavery, the government can't take the moral high ground on this one," the President said quietly.

Surely we need to disarm before we can start taking the moral high ground?

Because if you just wanted to take the moral higher ground with me, you didn't have to bother.

Mr President, it is useless to take the moral high ground when debating about drugs.

And of course, you can always take the moral high ground whenever and you never have to make difficult decisions.

The trouble with taking the moral high ground in college athletics is that its height is too adjustable.

Television is therefore seen to be taking the moral high ground, the side of the punter against the forces of evil.

Geraldine took the moral high ground, her usual defence for descending into the gutter.

Mr. Dole, they say, is taking the moral high ground and has spelled out a policy that Americans can understand.

Europe should, where culture is concerned, put its own house in order first before seeking to take the moral high ground on behalf of the entire world.

If the northern delegates had taken the moral high ground and not compromised on the issue of slavery, the Constitutional convention would have disintegrated.

I don't believe the FA can really take the moral high ground on this issue without kicking over some of their own statues.

To try to take the moral high ground by stating that "unlike you, I am not ideologically driven" is frankly scarcely to be believed.