From the apparent usefulness of the social virtues, it has readily been inferred by sceptics, both ancient and modern, that all moral… — David Hume Copy Share Image
“Loyalty, respect for authority and some degree of sanctification create a more binding social order that places some limits on individualism and… — Jonathan Haidt Copy Share Image
The very idea of freedom presupposes some objective moral law which overarches rulers and ruled alike...Unless we return to the crude and… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
“Our responsibility has never been to moralize the unconverted; it's to convert the immoral. Our responsibility is redemptive, not political. We do… — John MacArthur Copy Share Image
I gravitate toward the law, I think, certainly more times than not, because it's our best mechanism for legislating human behavior, and… — David E. Kelley Copy Share Image
“If truth and moral values are relative, one cannot claim that certain human rights are universally applicable to all cultures and all… — Stephen McAndrew Copy Share Image
An ethical person ought to do more than he's required to do and less than he's allowed to do — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“A good woman should neither take offense nor blame herself for someone else's faults, but simply strive all the harder to do… — Heldris de Cornualles Copy Share Image
The struggle for morality never stays won. It's always in process. — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
The morality of a [political] party must grow out of the conscience and the participation of the voters. — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
“Do you keep silent to keep a friendship or do you try to lend your support unconditionally, even if what they are… — Donna Lynn Hope Copy Share Image
Morality has in the past made progress when we broadened the category of things we weren't permitted to harm (animals, 'infidels'); saw… — Catherine Wilson Copy Share Image
There is in the clergy of all Christian denominations a time-serving, cringing, subservient morality, as wide from the spirit of the gospel… — John Quincy Adams Copy Share Image
State violence, particularly the use of torture, abductions, and targeted assassinations are now justified as part of a state of exception in… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
“And that is why I consider promiscuity immoral. Not because sex is evil, but because sex is too good and too important...… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“One day in my pharmacology class, we were discussing the possibility of legalizing marijuana. The class was pretty evenly divided between those… — Daniel Willey Copy Share Image
For children to take morality seriously they must be in the presence of adults who take morality seriously. And with their own… — William Bennett Copy Share Image
Killing a pig for a good old fry-up is one thing. But there's no excuse for being cruel, even if you're a… — Ozzy Osbourne Copy Share Image
In any conflict the boundaries of behavior are defined by the party that cares the least about morality — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The man who sins but wants to purify it is no more a sinner than the man who doesn't sin but wants… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image