Quotes about Morality
War has been avoided from a due sense of the miseries, and the demoralization it produces, and of the superior blessings of a state of peace and friendship with all mankind.
— Thomas Jefferson
What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or in the holy name of liberty or democracy?
— Mahatma Gandhi
The issue is now quite clear. It is between light and darkness and every one must choose his side.
— GK Chesterton
Every human life has infinite value and to destroy even one is a crime against all humanity.
— Marty Rubin
Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right.
— Abraham Lincoln
Beware of greed and remain pure and just. Restrain yourself from every vice. He who cannot restrain himself, how will he be able to teach others restraint?
— Polycarp
Knowledge which is divorced from justice, may be called cunning rather than wisdom.
— Cicero
A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything.
— Malcolm X
To ignore evil is to become an accomplice to it.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
That old law about 'an eye for an eye' leaves everybody blind. The time is always right to do the right thing.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
I'm absolutely, utterly, and completely certain that God wouldn't be homophobic. I'd much rather go to hell - I really would much rather go to hell - than go to a homophobic heaven.
— Desmond Tutu
Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men.
— Confucius