Application Quote by James Q. Wilson

“any significant and lasting transformations of society require significant changes in the moral fiber of individual human beings; for as long as greed, hatred,…

— Dalai Lama XIV

“humanity held certain goodness, certain decency; that by treating others fairly, the same fairness would be bestowed upon him. Over the past few years,…

— T.W. Piperbrook

“Regardless of the trends we see in the deterioration of morality, respect, and values, wise people will still strive to take the high road…

— Susan C. Young

“All human beings are different and should take their right to be different to its ultimate consequences”

— Paulo Coelho

The profound immoralities of our time are cruelty, indifference, injustice and the use of others as means rather than ends in themselves.

— Sydney J. Harris

Many an individual has turned from the mean, personal, acquisitive point of view to one that sees society as a whole and works for…

— Mahatma Gandhi

“Individuals may see the moral light and voluntarily give up their unjust posture; but... groups tend to be more immoral than individuals.”

— Martin Luther King Jr

Every time a person sacrifices himself for a larger injustice, it aids in the cycle of change.

— Amy Carter

For the first time in human history, there seems to be a radical increase in the proportion reaching principled morality.

— Lawrence Kohlberg

Without the values at the core of Christianity and other world religions, without moral norms that have been shaped over millennia, people will inevitably…

— Vladimir Putin

People are very inclined to set moral standards for others.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Moral progress has consisted in the main of protest against cruel customs, and of attempts to enlarge human sympathy.

— Bertrand Russell