Quotes about Morality

I did once seriously think of embracing the Christian faith. The gentle figure of Christ, so full of forgiveness that he taught his followers not to retaliate when abused or struck, but to turn the other cheek - I thought it was a beautiful example of the perfect man.

This high-end, novelistic form of TV, you know, is just peppered with despicable people who do marvelous things and marvelous people who do despicable things.

Cowards are nice, they're interesting, they're gentle, they wouldn't think of shooting down people in a parade from a tower. They want to live, so they can see their kids. They're very brave.

I mostly make R-rated movies. To make a movie that one day if I have kids or my nephews want t watch, I can show them without being put in prison. It would be really nice.

It is my conviction that the root of evil is the want of a living God.

The only virtue I want to claim is truth and nonviolence.

Evil is powerless if the good are unafraid.

The life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.

We must not be surprised when we hear of murders, killings, of wars, or of hatred...If a mother can kill her own child, what is left but for us to kill each other?

I never justify, sustain, or in any way or to any extent uphold this cruel, heartless, aimless unnecessary war.

There's no honorable way to kill, no gentle way to destroy. There is nothing good in war. Except its ending.

I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever.