Character Quote by Mahathir Mohamad

A concern with 'public morality' is - if not the last refuge of a scoundrel - the first foray of the fascist.

— Erica Jong

If the American public is so into morality in movies, why don't they throw more of their disposable income at religious-themed entertainment? For every…

— John Ridley

“In the moral realm, there is very little consensus left in Western countries over the proper basis of moral behavior. And because of the…

— D.A. Carson

I believe that a long step toward public morality will have been taken when sins are called by their right names.

— Billy Sunday

The values derived from religious belief will not - and should not - be accepted as part of the public morality unless they are…

— Mario Cuomo

... the structure of our public morality crashed to earth. Above its grave a tombstone read, "Be tolerant--even of evil." Logically the next step…

— Sarah-Patton Boyle

I'm sure that the standard of public morality we've helped build will force government in Canada to approve complete health insurance.

— Tommy Douglas

“Fundamentalism only ever deepens public hypocrisy, not public morality.”

— John R. Bradley

There is no country in the world in which everything can be provided for by the laws, or in which political institutions can prove…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

“The people of North America have little idea of religion, but they have strict public morality. The Latin people are without morality but they…

— Patrick Marnham

There is a crisis of public morality. Instead of policing bedrooms, we ought to be doing a better job policing boardrooms.

— Robert Reich

“Another aspect of behavior directly impacted by the removal of religious principles was morality. Recall that both George Washington and Fisher Ames had warned…

— David Barton