These principles have been proclaimed by God, by the Church, by the Saints, by Christian reason and morals. — Pope Pius XII Copy Share Image
There IS more criticism of puritanism, and more distance from Christian morality, than there has been before. — Susie Bright Copy Share Image
Let us with Caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. — George Washington Copy Share Image
Christian morality prefers remorse to precede lust, and then lust not to follow. — Karl Kraus Copy Share Image
These principles have been proclaimed by God, by the Church, by the Saints, by reason, by Christian morality. — Pope Pius XII Copy Share Image
A strange fanaticism fills our time: the fanatical hatred of morality, especially of Christian morality. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism who should labor to subvert these great pillars. — George Washington Copy Share Image
Where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation deserts the oaths . . . ? — George Washington Copy Share Image
“it was much less dangerous for the disciples of Christ to neglect the observance of the moral duties, than to despise the… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
Even putting aside the Judeo-Christian morality upon which the Constitution and our nations culture are based, the notion of forced euthanasia would… — Sherwin B. Nuland Copy Share Image
The only foundation for . . . a republic is to be laid in Religion. Without this there can be no virtue,… — Benjamin Rush Copy Share Image
Christian morality, laws rooted in the secular humanist belief that all consensual sexual acts are morally equal. That belief is anti-biblical and… — Pat Buchanan Copy Share Image
“By setting such strong, harsh dichotomies God taught Israel that any assimilation to pagan idolatry is intolerable. It was His way of… — William Lane Craig Copy Share Image
“I go forward slowly, dead, and my vision is no longer mine, it’s nothing: it’s only the vision of the human animal… — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
That the religious right completely took over the word Christian is a given. At one time, phrases such as Christian charity and… — Peter McWilliams Copy Share Image
Beyond fashion and its demands, there are higher and more pressing laws, principles superior to fashion, and unchangeable, which under no circumstances… — Pope Pius XII Copy Share Image
“Though Donald Trump won the presidency in part with the strong support of Catholics and Evangelicals, the idea that someone as robustly… — Rod Dreher Copy Share Image
The first thing to get clear about Christian morality between man and man is that in this department Christ did not come… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
What little recognition the idea of obligation to the public obtains in modern morality, is derived from Greek and Roman sources, not… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
The Church worked hard at it night and day during nine centuries and imprisoned, tortured, hanged, and burned whole hordes and armies… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“. . . [Nietzsche] had the good manners to despise Christianity, in large part, for what it actually was--above all, for its… — David Bentley Hart Copy Share Image
Let it simply be asked where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation deserts… — George Washington Copy Share Image
“Thus Spoke Zarathustra (German: Also sprach Zarathustra, sometimes translated Thus Spake Zarathustra), subtitled A Book for All and None (Ein Buch für… — Lao Tzu Copy Share Image
“If a child or a brother or a sister or a loved one of yours strays from the church in terms of… — Ronald Rolheiser Copy Share Image
“Thus, because Christian morality leaves animals out of account (of this, more later on), they are at once outlawed in philosophical morals;… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
Christian morality (so called) has all the characters of a reaction… In its horror of sensuality, it made an idol of asceticism,… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
Although I'm not Christian, I was raised Christian. I'm an atheist, with a slight Buddhist leaning. I've got a very strong sense… — Rachel Griffiths Copy Share Image
Because Christian morality leaves animals out of account, they are at once outlawed in philosophical morals; they are mere 'things,' mere means… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
“I think that a good start at this problem is to enunciate our ethical theory that underlies our moral judgements. According to… — William Lane Craig Copy Share Image
“It it is worse than useless for Christians to talk about the importance of Christian morality, unless they are prepared to take… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can exist apart from religious principle. — George Washington Copy Share Image
Among the sayings and discourses imputed to him (i.e. Jesus) by his biographers, I find many passages of fine imagination, correct morality,… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
It may be too much to expect that nations should be governed in their relations towards each other by the precepts of… — George Stillman Hillard Copy Share Image
Christian morality (so called) has all the characters of a reaction; it is, in great part, a protest against Paganism. Its ideal… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
Without morals a republic cannot subsist any length of time; they therefore who are decrying the Christian religion, whose morality is so… — Charles Carroll of Carrollton Copy Share Image
For all of the separateness of church and state, Christian morality has shaped Britain and its inhabitants for a very long time. — Sara Pascoe Copy Share Image
Religion and good morals are the only solid foundation of public liberty and happiness. — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
While all too many people live in dire poverty, others are caught up in materialism and lifestyles which are destructive of family… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
![“. . . [Nietzsche] had the good manners to despise Christianity, in large part, for what it actually was--above all, for its devotion to an ethics of compassion--rather than allow himself the soothing, self-righteous fantasy that Christianity’s history had been nothing but an interminable pageant…” quote by David Bentley Hart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c74/david-bentley-hart-4691_christian-faith_nietzsche-had-the-good-manners-to-despis_745509.jpg)
