moral fibre BrE
moral fiber AmE

Even when he was trying to be a criminal, the low moral fibre shone through.

The problem does not arise merely through lack of moral fibre.

My opponent lacks the necessary moral fibre to be President of our great country.

Are they all really that lacking in any moral fibre or compassion?

Or perhaps he felt that the Captain needed a little stiffening of the moral fibre.

She is nothing of the sort: she lacks moral fibre.

His nephew is also known to be - shall we say a man of rather loose moral fibre?

The Baron groaned at my obvious lack of moral fibre.

It's always a bit of a shock when you find your friends lack moral fibre.'

"And a man of weak moral fibre," said the clergyman.

He leaned up on one elbow, testing the moral fibre of the caller.

You're inherently decent with a lot of good, strong moral fibre, but that isn't enough.

"I could say he was trying to test his moral fibre but I don't think you would believe it."

It stigmatises the witness as a liar, a person of low moral fibre.

Politicians have never been much good at rebuilding the family or improving our collective moral fibre.

They recognise him as someone possessing the right moral fibre to be of great value to the team.

It isn't just lack of moral fibre which leads to a rising divorce rate.

Anyone with any semblance of moral fibre or conscience would not be taking that tack.

This is a song with real moral fibre.

His parents were persons of strong moral fibre, with solid work ethics and an entrepreneurial bent.

If you have any moral fibre you'd be against this bill, either by marching or raising awareness online and everywhere else.

This requires courage, moral fibre, boldness and risk capital.

It could be bad for my moral fibre.'

She believed the post-war years had seen a deliberate conspiracy to undermine the nation's moral fibre.

But now I shall leave you with one final anecdote which impinges on both issues of morale and moral fibre.

He is not talking of moral fiber, which each person needs.

Have we lost the sense of our own moral fiber?

"I think the moral fiber today is better than it was then."

This will stand out on my record as a sign of moral fiber.

We must open our doors to help build up the moral fiber of the community.

"Those people have no moral fiber, lying to their children!"

This goes against the moral fiber of the Celebrity's stories.

And of course my moral fiber stiffened at the same moment.

Second, it is simply a remarkable display of moral fiber.

No common sense, and the moral fiber of a hound in heat.

Could this be a test of his moral fiber?

He is quite willing to testify to your moral fiber if his presence would be of any help.

A thing like that would be an awful strain on anybody's moral fiber.

He should feel proud a girl of her caliber and moral fiber would even be seen with him.

Remote from reality, he seems seriously to believe that what poor people most need is moral fiber.

There is no decline in the moral fiber of the grasshopper.

The very moral fiber of the nation was damaged by its political leadership."

Never before had my very moral fiber been questioned.

Here was (whether we liked it or not) the guardian of our moral fiber and purpose.

If an order is so heinous and against every moral fiber of your being to obey, then you must get out.

"I will not go the other way - it is anathema to my moral fiber," he said.

And anyway, since when is it the central bank's job to strengthen the private sector's moral fiber?

Destroy the moral fiber of our young folk, would you?"

Yet Knot himself had killed; he was not of superior moral fiber in this respect.

Therefore, I will choose a wife suited to me in temperament and moral fiber.