--- title: "15 Public Morality Quotes by 15 authors" description: "Browse 15 Public Morality quotes by 15 authors. Discover the best Public Morality sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a33/mahathir-mohamad-3562_character_the-internet-has-played-a-major-role-in_2755887.png" --- > [The Internet has played a major role in undermining public morality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahathir-mohamad/the-internet-has-played-a-major-role-in-undermining-public-morality/) [Mahathir Mohamad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahathir-mohamad/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a33/mahathir-mohamad-3562_character_the-internet-has-played-a-major-role-in_2755887.png) > [There is a crisis of public morality. Instead of policing bedrooms, we ought to be doing a better job policing boardrooms.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-reich/there-is-a-crisis-of-public-morality-instead-of-policing-bedrooms-we/) [Robert Reich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-reich/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e5/robert-reich-1333_better-job_there-is-a-crisis-of-public-morality-ins_639824.png) > [A concern with 'public morality' is - if not the last refuge of a scoundrel - the first foray of the fascist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erica-jong/a-concern-with-public-morality-is-if-not-the-last-refuge-of-a/) [Erica Jong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erica-jong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e4/erica-jong-445_censorship_a-concern-with-public-morality-is-if-not_3212673.jpg) > [“Fundamentalism only ever deepens public hypocrisy, not public morality.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-r-bradley/fundamentalism-only-ever-deepens-public-hypocrisy-not-public-morality/) [John R. Bradley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-r-bradley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/16c/john-r-bradley-7263_quote_fundamentalism-only-ever-deepens-public_1850432.jpg) > [I'm sure that the standard of public morality we've helped build will force government in Canada to approve complete health insurance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tommy-douglas/i-m-sure-that-the-standard-of-public-morality-we-ve-helped-build-will/) [Tommy Douglas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tommy-douglas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/950/tommy-douglas-17183_approve_i-m-sure-that-the-standard-of-public-mor_2020856.jpg) > [I believe that a long step toward public morality will have been taken when sins are called by their right names.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-sunday/i-believe-that-a-long-step-toward-public-morality-will-have-been/) [Billy Sunday](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-sunday/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bbe/billy-sunday-4239_believe_i-believe-that-a-long-step-toward-public_2540477.png) > [If the American public is so into morality in movies, why don't they throw more of their disposable income at religious-themed entertainment?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ridley/if-the-american-public-is-so-into-morality-in-movies-why-don-t-they/) [John Ridley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ridley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c8e/john-ridley-4100_american_if-the-american-public-is-so-into-morali_2853297.jpg) > [“The people of North America have little idea of religion, but they have strict public morality. The Latin people are without morality…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-marnham/the-people-of-north-america-have-little-idea-of-religion-but-they/) [Patrick Marnham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-marnham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b97/patrick-marnham-67187_north-america_the-people-of-north-america-have-little_800446.jpg) > [To set up as a standard of public morality a notion which can neither be defined nor conceived is to open the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simone-weil/to-set-up-as-a-standard-of-public-morality-a-notion-which-can-neither/) [Simone Weil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simone-weil/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/918/simone-weil-544_character_to-set-up-as-a-standard-of-public-morali_137990.jpg) > [The values derived from religious belief will not - and should not - be accepted as part of the public morality unless…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario-cuomo/the-values-derived-from-religious-belief-will-not-and-should-not-be/) [Mario Cuomo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mario-cuomo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b88/mario-cuomo-4807_accepted_the-values-derived-from-religious-belief_2504796.png) > [There is no country in the world in which everything can be provided for by the laws, or in which political institutions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexis-de-tocqueville/there-is-no-country-in-the-world-in-which-everything-can-be-provided/) [Alexis de Tocqueville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexis-de-tocqueville/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d4/alexis-de-tocqueville-625_common_there-is-no-country-in-the-world-in-whic_1118547.jpg) > [... the structure of our public morality crashed to earth. Above its grave a tombstone read, "Be tolerant--even of evil." Logically the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-patton-boyle/the-structure-of-our-public-morality-crashed-to-earth-above-its-grave/) [Sarah-Patton Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-patton-boyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c3/sarah-patton-boyle-33230_character_the-structure-of-our-public-morality-cra_2327928.jpg) > [At the heart of our public morality is the idea that he who gives generously is most virtuous and morally praiseworthy; that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-liu/at-the-heart-of-our-public-morality-is-the-idea-that-he-who-gives/) [Eric Liu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-liu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c97/eric-liu-9463_be-proud_at-the-heart-of-our-public-morality-is-t_240014.jpg) > [“In the moral realm, there is very little consensus left in Western countries over the proper basis of moral behavior. And because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-a-carson-2/in-the-moral-realm-there-is-very-little-consensus-left-in-western/) [D.A. Carson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-a-carson-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f8/d-a-carson-2-12097_ball-player_in-the-moral-realm-there-is-very-little_2833385.jpg) > [“Another aspect of behavior directly impacted by the removal of religious principles was morality. Recall that both George Washington and Fisher Ames…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-barton/another-aspect-of-behavior-directly-impacted-by-the-removal-of/) [David Barton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-barton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6be/david-barton-18163_george-w_another-aspect-of-behavior-directly-impa_442672.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/public-morality/#itemlist", "name": "Public Morality Quotes", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The Internet has played a major role in undermining public morality.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mahathir Mohamad" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahathir-mohamad/the-internet-has-played-a-major-role-in-undermining-public-morality/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a33/mahathir-mohamad-3562_character_the-internet-has-played-a-major-role-in_2755887.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a33/mahathir-mohamad-3562_character_the-internet-has-played-a-major-role-in_2755887.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a33/mahathir-mohamad-3562_character_the-internet-has-played-a-major-role-in_2755887.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The Internet has played a major role in undermining public morality.” — Mahathir Mohamad", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There is a crisis of public morality. 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Above its grave a tombstone read, \"Be tolerant--even of evil.\" Logically the next step would be to say to our commonwealth's criminals, \"I disagree that it's all right to rob and murder, but naturally I respect your opinion.\" Tolerance is only complacence when it makes no distinction between right and wrong.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sarah-Patton Boyle" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-patton-boyle/the-structure-of-our-public-morality-crashed-to-earth-above-its-grave/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c3/sarah-patton-boyle-33230_character_the-structure-of-our-public-morality-cra_2327928.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c3/sarah-patton-boyle-33230_character_the-structure-of-our-public-morality-cra_2327928.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c3/sarah-patton-boyle-33230_character_the-structure-of-our-public-morality-cra_2327928.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“... the structure of our public morality crashed to earth. 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After all, there is no moral system or religion on earth where the guiding ethic is grab more for yourself.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Eric Liu" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-liu/at-the-heart-of-our-public-morality-is-the-idea-that-he-who-gives/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c97/eric-liu-9463_be-proud_at-the-heart-of-our-public-morality-is-t_240014.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c97/eric-liu-9463_be-proud_at-the-heart-of-our-public-morality-is-t_240014.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c97/eric-liu-9463_be-proud_at-the-heart-of-our-public-morality-is-t_240014.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“At the heart of our public morality is the idea that he who gives generously is most virtuous and morally…” — Eric Liu", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 14, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“In the moral realm, there is very little consensus left in Western countries over the proper basis of moral behavior. And because of the power of the media, for millions of men and women the only venue where moral questions are discussed and weighed is the talk show, where more often than not the primary aim is to entertain, even shock, not to think. When Geraldo and Oprah become the arbiters of public morality, when the opinion of the latest media personality is sought on everything from abortion to transvestites, when banality is mistaken for profundity because [it's] uttered by a movie star or a basketball player, it is not surprising that there is less thought than hype. Oprah shapes more of the nation's grasp of right and wrong than most of the pulpits in the land. Personal and social ethics have been removed from the realms of truth and structures of thoughts; they have not only been relativized, but they have been democratized and trivialized.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "D.A. 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For example, following the 1962-1963 court-ordered removal of religious principles from students, teenage pregnancies immediately soared over 700 percent,52 with the United States recording the highest teen pregnancy rates in the industrialized world.53 Similarly, sexual activity among fifteen year-olds skyrocketed,54 and sexually transmitted diseases among students ascended to previously unrecorded levels.55 In fact, virtually every moral measurement kept by federal cabinet-level agencies reflects the same statistical pattern: the removal of religious principles from the public sphere was accompanied by a corresponding decline in public morality.56”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Barton" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-barton/another-aspect-of-behavior-directly-impacted-by-the-removal-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6be/david-barton-18163_george-w_another-aspect-of-behavior-directly-impa_442672.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6be/david-barton-18163_george-w_another-aspect-of-behavior-directly-impa_442672.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6be/david-barton-18163_george-w_another-aspect-of-behavior-directly-impa_442672.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Another aspect of behavior directly impacted by the removal of religious principles was morality. 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