--- title: "11 Moral Truths Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 11 Moral Truths quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Moral Truths sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/99c/david-edmonds-64956_truth_subjectivism-maintains-that-there-are-no_2050018.jpg" --- > [“Subjectivism maintains that there are no objective moral truths.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-edmonds/subjectivism-maintains-that-there-are-no-objective-moral-truths/) [David Edmonds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-edmonds/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/99c/david-edmonds-64956_truth_subjectivism-maintains-that-there-are-no_2050018.jpg) > [“If moral truths do not exist as a foundation for law, then law itself becomes merely a system of raw political power…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-klusendorf/if-moral-truths-do-not-exist-as-a-foundation-for-law-then-law-itself/) [Scott Klusendorf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-klusendorf/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/83b/scott-klusendorf-28089_law_if-moral-truths-do-not-exist-as-a-founda_2300419.jpg) > [With truths of a certain kind, it is not enough to make them appear convincing: one must also make them felt. Of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/with-truths-of-a-certain-kind-it-is-not-enough-to-make-them-appear/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/637/anonymous-1_certain_with-truths-of-a-certain-kind-it-is-not_1285213.jpg) > [The greatest deception, and the deepest source of unhappiness, is the illusion of finding life by excluding God, of finding freedom by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-john-paul-ii/the-greatest-deception-and-the-deepest-source-of-unhappiness-is-the/) [Pope John Paul II](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-john-paul-ii/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f06/pope-john-paul-ii-485_deception_the-greatest-deception-and-the-deepest-s_2423399.jpg) > [There are some particular moral truths that I believe we have access to (such as the one not to inflict pain on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/torbjorn-tannsjo/there-are-some-particular-moral-truths-that-i-believe-we-have-access/) [Torbjorn Tannsjo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/torbjorn-tannsjo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/500/torbjorn-tannsjo-12405_access_there-are-some-particular-moral-truths-t_2023773.jpg) > [“Martin Luther confidently claimed that the Holy Spirit writes the moral truths on our conscience. Free of all misgivings, Luther claimed that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-s-churchland/martin-luther-confidently-claimed-that-the-holy-spirit-writes-the/) [Patricia S. Churchland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-s-churchland/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/698/patricia-s-churchland-106726_conscience_martin-luther-confidently-claimed-that-t_2975472.jpg) > [That the system of morals propounded in the New Testament contained no maxim which had not been previously enunciated, and that some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-thomas-buckle/that-the-system-of-morals-propounded-in-the-new-testament-contained/) [Henry Thomas Buckle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-thomas-buckle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a0/henry-thomas-buckle-29673_apostolic_that-the-system-of-morals-propounded-in_864118.png) > [It is important for America that the moral truths which make freedom possible should be passed on to each new generation. Every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-john-paul-ii/it-is-important-for-america-that-the-moral-truths-which-make-freedom/) [Pope John Paul II](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-john-paul-ii/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/45c/pope-john-paul-ii-485_america_it-is-important-for-america-that-the-mor_201698.jpg) > [There are many agreements across the so-called "world religions," at a certain level of abstraction. But when it comes to applying them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kwame-anthony-appiah/there-are-many-agreements-across-the-so-called-world-religions-at-a/) [Kwame Anthony Appiah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kwame-anthony-appiah/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/459/kwame-anthony-appiah-25090_accepting_there-are-many-agreements-across-the-so_2262273.jpg) > [When I was at Notre Dame studying under Joe Evans, Frank O'Malley, and others, there was a very lively debate about the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-babbitt/when-i-was-at-notre-dame-studying-under-joe-evans-frank-o-malley-and/) [Bruce Babbitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-babbitt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b6/bruce-babbitt-14803_church_when-i-was-at-notre-dame-studying-under_1875650.png) > [“All the dilemmas and questions of today were known in ethics more than 2,000 years ago. All the greatest teachers of mankind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alija-izetbegovic/all-the-dilemmas-and-questions-of-today-were-known-in-ethics-more/) [Alija Izetbegović](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alija-izetbegovic/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/257/alija-izetbegovic-8920_character_all-the-dilemmas-and-questions-of-today_298330.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/moral-truths/#itemlist", "name": "Moral Truths Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Subjectivism maintains that there are no objective moral truths.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Edmonds" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-edmonds/subjectivism-maintains-that-there-are-no-objective-moral-truths/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/99c/david-edmonds-64956_truth_subjectivism-maintains-that-there-are-no_2050018.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/99c/david-edmonds-64956_truth_subjectivism-maintains-that-there-are-no_2050018.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/99c/david-edmonds-64956_truth_subjectivism-maintains-that-there-are-no_2050018.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Subjectivism maintains that there are no objective moral truths.” — David Edmonds", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“If moral truths do not exist as a foundation for law, then law itself becomes merely a system of raw political power accountable to no one.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Scott Klusendorf" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-klusendorf/if-moral-truths-do-not-exist-as-a-foundation-for-law-then-law-itself/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/83b/scott-klusendorf-28089_law_if-moral-truths-do-not-exist-as-a-founda_2300419.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/83b/scott-klusendorf-28089_law_if-moral-truths-do-not-exist-as-a-founda_2300419.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/83b/scott-klusendorf-28089_law_if-moral-truths-do-not-exist-as-a-founda_2300419.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If moral truths do not exist as a foundation for law, then law itself becomes merely a system of raw…” — Scott Klusendorf", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "With truths of a certain kind, it is not enough to make them appear convincing: one must also make them felt. 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Free of all misgivings, Luther claimed that the assertions of the Holy Spirit “are more sure and certain than life itself and all experience.” 9 Realism intervenes: different devout hearts often deliver opposite moral assertions.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Patricia S. 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To assert that Christianity communicated to man moral truths previously unknown, argues on the part of the asserted either gross ignorance or wilful fraud.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Henry Thomas Buckle" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-thomas-buckle/that-the-system-of-morals-propounded-in-the-new-testament-contained/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a0/henry-thomas-buckle-29673_apostolic_that-the-system-of-morals-propounded-in_864118.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a0/henry-thomas-buckle-29673_apostolic_that-the-system-of-morals-propounded-in_864118.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a0/henry-thomas-buckle-29673_apostolic_that-the-system-of-morals-propounded-in_864118.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“That the system of morals propounded in the New Testament contained no maxim which had not been previously…” — Henry Thomas Buckle", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 8, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It is important for America that the moral truths which make freedom possible should be passed on to each new generation. Every generation of Americans needs to know that freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought. ... Christ asks us to guard the truth because, as he promised us: \"You will know the truth and the truth will make you free.\" Depositum custodi! We must guard the truth that is the condition of authentic freedom, the truth that allows freedoms to be fulfilled in goodness. We must guard the deposit of divine truth handed down to us.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Pope John Paul II" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-john-paul-ii/it-is-important-for-america-that-the-moral-truths-which-make-freedom/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/45c/pope-john-paul-ii-485_america_it-is-important-for-america-that-the-mor_201698.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/45c/pope-john-paul-ii-485_america_it-is-important-for-america-that-the-mor_201698.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/45c/pope-john-paul-ii-485_america_it-is-important-for-america-that-the-mor_201698.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It is important for America that the moral truths which make freedom possible should be passed on to each…” — Pope John Paul II", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 9, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There are many agreements across the so-called \"world religions,\" at a certain level of abstraction. But when it comes to applying them in concrete situations they may lead to incompatible decisions. As an example, some people think that Christian ideas of sexual modesty suggest that homosexuals should be locked up, some people think that they mean that the churches should recongize gay marriages. But everyone believes in sexual modesty. I think there are universal moral truths, whether or not everyone accepts them. Here's one very low level but important one: it's very bad to torture people.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kwame Anthony Appiah" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kwame-anthony-appiah/there-are-many-agreements-across-the-so-called-world-religions-at-a/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/459/kwame-anthony-appiah-25090_accepting_there-are-many-agreements-across-the-so_2262273.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/459/kwame-anthony-appiah-25090_accepting_there-are-many-agreements-across-the-so_2262273.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/459/kwame-anthony-appiah-25090_accepting_there-are-many-agreements-across-the-so_2262273.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There are many agreements across the so-called \"world religions,\" at a certain level of abstraction. 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If you attempted to draw lines about certain general moral truths that were derivative of logic and reason, they would prove to be widely shared, and therefore suitable to be enacted into law on both the civic and religious sides.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bruce Babbitt" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-babbitt/when-i-was-at-notre-dame-studying-under-joe-evans-frank-o-malley-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b6/bruce-babbitt-14803_church_when-i-was-at-notre-dame-studying-under_1875650.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b6/bruce-babbitt-14803_church_when-i-was-at-notre-dame-studying-under_1875650.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b6/bruce-babbitt-14803_church_when-i-was-at-notre-dame-studying-under_1875650.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When I was at Notre Dame studying under Joe Evans, Frank O'Malley, and others, there was a very lively…” — Bruce Babbitt", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 11, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“All the dilemmas and questions of today were known in ethics more than 2,000 years ago. All the greatest teachers of mankind whether prophets such as Moses, Jesus, and Muhammad or non-prophets such as Confucius , Gautama, Buddha, Socrates, Kant, Tolstoy , and Martin Buber, covering a period from the sixth century BC up to the present ( Martin Buber died in 1965) have taught essentially the same morals. As distinguished from rules about social orders and ways of production , moral truths are constant. The reason for this lies in the fact that the riddle had been established at the moment of creation in the \"prologue in heaven\" in the act preceding the whole of human history. Intelligence, education, and experience do not in themselves help us approach or better understand all of that. Jesus pronounced his truth when he was a child and was slightly more than thirty when he was condemned. He needed neither knowledge nor experience for his great, capital truths about God and man because these truths could not be reached by knowledge or experience. 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