Quotes about Ethics
Any society which does not insist upon respect for all life must necessarily decay.
- Albert Einstein
A society will be judged on the basis of how it treats its weakest members; and among the most vulnerable are surely the unborn and the dying.
- Pope John Paul II
Imagine how wicked society would be if the fear of God and the fear of civil law were both completely removed.
- Ray Comfort
A nation, as a society, forms a moral person, and every member of it is personally responsible for his society.
- Thomas Jefferson
If "Thou shalt not covet," and "Thou shalt not steal," were not commandments of Heaven, they must be made inviolable precepts in every society, before it can be civilized or made free.
- John Adams
I never could see anything wrong in sensationalism; and I am sure our society is suffering more from secrecy than from flamboyant revelations.
- GK Chesterton
No member of a society has a right to teach any doctrine contrary to what the society holds to be true.
- Samuel Johnson
Of more worth is one honest man to society, and in the sight of God, than all the crowned ruffians that ever lived.
- Thomas Paine
We have got nowadays so that we divide lies into white lies and black lies, society lies and business lies, etc. The Word of God knows no such letting-down of the standard.
- DL Moody
The aggregate happiness of the society, which is best promoted by the practice of a virtuous policy, is, or ought to be, the end of all government . . . .
- George Washington
You can judge a society by the way it treats it's animals
- Mahatma Gandhi
It's a big error to dream of a society where nobody needs to be good.
- Mahatma Gandhi