Moral Quotes

It’s simply untrue that religion provides the only framework for a universal morality.

Immorality, no less than morality, has at all times found support in religion.

Ethics is the triumph of freedom over facticity.

Rulers who destroy men’s freedom commonly begin by trying to retain its forms. … They cherish the illusion that they can combine the prerogatives of absolute power with the moral authority that comes from popular assent.

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

A battle lost or won is easily described, understood, and appreciated, but the moral growth of a great nation requires reflection, as well as observation, to appreciate it.

If you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have a moral obligation to do something about it.

We cannot confront solitude without moral resources.

One’s ability to appreciate beauty is related to one’s ability to make moral judgments.

The struggle may be a moral one, or it may be a physical one, or it may be both. But it must be a struggle.