Ethical Foundation Quotes

The foundations of national morality must be laid in private families.

The foundation of my beliefs is the same as it was when I was 10. Non-violence.

Laws must be justified by something more than the will of the majority. They must rest on the eternal foundation of righteousness.

There is no significant example in history, before our time, of a society successfully maintaining moral life without the aid of religion.

The problem is that relativism provides no sure foundation for a safe and orderly society.

...the true greatness of a nation is founded on principles of humanity.

If it be true, as I believe it is, that morality is dependent upon religion, then religion is not only the most practical thing in the world, but the first essential.

That's what I love about integrity. Each time we go inside, that's where it is.

If you can't trust the Bible's history, how can you trust its morality?

If man is not made in the image of God, nothing then stands in the way of inhumanity. There is no good reason why mankind should be perceived as special. Human life is cheapened. We can see this in many of the major issues being debated in our society today.

Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the foundation of morality.

The force of character is cumulative.

To restore morality we must first recognize the source from which all morality springs. From our earliest history in 1776 when we were declared to be the United States of America, our forefathers recognized the sovereignty of God.

American life is builded ... upon that fundamental philosophy announced by the Savior nineteen centuries ago ... [It] can not survive with the defense of Cain, "Am I my brother's keeper?

Religion and good morals are the only solid foundation of public liberty and happiness.

No ability, no strength and force, no power of intellect or power of wealth, shall avail us, if we have not the root of right living in us.

The will to set values and the power to make them law are jointly at the bottom of all operative norms. When linked to divine wisdom, this source of moral law is still in safe hands which man can trust.

Let us never lose sight of the fact that education is a preparation for life - and that preparing for life is far more than knowing how to make a living or how to land on the moon. Preparing for life means building personal integrity, developing a sound sense of values, increasing the capacity and willingness to serve. Education must have its roots in moral principles. If we lose sight of that fact in our attempt to match our educational system against that of the materialists, we shall have lost far more than we could possibly gain.

The feeling of commiseration is the beginning of humanity; the feeling of shame and dislike is the beginning of righteousness; the feeling of deference and compliance is the beginning of propriety; and the feeling of right or wrong is the beginning of wisdom.Men have these Four Beginnings just as they have their four limbs. Having these Four Beginnings, but saying that they cannot develop them is to destroy themselves.

How can we expect a harvest of thought who have not had a seedtime of character?

It is to be steadily inculcated, that virtue is the highest proof of understanding, and the only solid basis of greatness.

Literary education is of no value, if it is not able to build up a sound character.

Free market economics is not enough .... a free market economy can only function in a cultural and moral environment that supports it

Renunciation is the very basis upon which ethics stands. There never was an ethical code preached which had not renunciation for its basis.

Religion is the only solid Base of morals and that Morals are the only possible Support of free governments.