Character Quote by Peter Stuyvesant

What is happening to our young people? They disrespect their elders, they disobey their parents. They ignore the law. They riot in the streets…

— Socrates

A culture disconnected from wild nature becomes insane.

— Toby Hemenway

Before being humans with morals, people are mostly animals, fighting for domination and survival.

— Gaspar Noe

“I remember this country back when I was growing up. We went to church, we ate family suppers around the table, and it would…

— Tana French

Society is endangered not by the great profligacy of a few, but by the laxity of morals amongst all.

— Alexis de Tocqueville

Boys and young men acquire readily the moral sentiments of their social milieu, whatever these sentiments may be.

— Bertrand Russell

The young are generally full of revolt, and are often pretty revolting about it

— Mignon McLaughlin

Morals are a luxury of the rich.

— George Bernard Shaw

Many people in the western world are spoiled by the conveniences of our culture.

— Joyce Meyer

Now that adolescence is accessible to the multitude and not restricted to gentlemen and lords, many adults are taking alarm at what seems to…

— Anonymous

With Nature never do they wage A foolish strife; they see A happy youth, and their old age Is beautiful and free.

— William Wordsworth

Every age has its massive moral blind spots. We might not see them, but our children will.

— Bono