take the moral high ground

To claim, purport, or make it appear that one's arguments, beliefs, ideas, etc., are morally superior to those espoused by others. The senator always tries to take the moral high ground during a debate so as to shift public opinion in his favor.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
LucÍA	loo-THEE-ah (Spanish), loo-SEE-ah (Latin American Spanish)	Spanish
Evridiki	-	Greek
Greet	KHRAY:T (Dutch)	Dutch, Limburgish
Evpraksiya	-	Russian
Atherton	['æθətən]
Pia	PEE-ah (Italian, Danish, German)	Italian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Polish, Slovene, Late Roman