morality Quotes

The fact is that a man who wants to act virtuously in every way necessarily comes to grief among so many who are not virtuous.

If we all lived according to the teachings of Jesus Christ, life would be much simpler.

Evil, when we are in its power, is not felt as evil, but as a necessity, even a duty.

To set up as a standard of public morality a notion which can neither be defined nor conceived is to open the door to every kind of tyranny.

There is one, and only one, thing in modern society more hideous than crime namely, repressive justice.

The safety of the people shall be the highest law.

I didn't want to submit to the army and then, on the day of judgment, have God say to me, 'Why did you do that?' This life is a trial, and you realize that what you do is going to be written down for Judgment Day.

It is not the cause for which men took up arms that makes a victory more just or less, it is the order that is established when arms have been laid down.

I would suggest that barbarism be considered as a permanent and universal human characteristic which becomes more or less pronounced according to the play of circumstances.

As soon as men know that they can kill without fear of punishment or blame, they kill; or at least they encourage killers with approving smiles.