Ethical Society Quotes

I am afraid we must make the world honest before we can honestly say to our children that honesty is the best policy.

In order to have a society in which public issues can be openly and vigorously debated, it is not necessary to allow the brutalization of innocent victims.

The Ethical Society, therefore, is like a Church in maintaining, and emphasizing the importance of maintaining the custom of public assemblies on Sunday.

Science without discrimination Human existence without discipline Friendship without gratitude Music without melody A society without morality and justice Cannot be of benefit to the people.

The platform of an Ethical Society is itself the altar; the address must be the fire that burns thereon.

As Muslims, we are all equals, we abide by the laws and we understand that we have to be active citizens wherever we are. Our goals are first to live by our principles, to remind people of these values, to reconcile our respective societies with these shared universal values and to try our best to push for a spiritual agenda with more ethics in society, in politics, in economics, and in culture.

We want a society in which we are free to make choices, to make mistakes, to be generous and compassionate. That is what we mean by a moral society - not a society in which the State is responsible for everything, and no one is responsible for the State.

Where do the evils like corruption arise from? It comes from the never-ending greed. The fight for corruption-free ethical society will have to be fought against this greed and replace it with 'what can I give' spirit.

We must come to see that the end we seek is a society at peace with itself, a society that can live with its conscience.

Society has no bribe for me.

It will define us as a civilized and ethical society forever in the eyes of history.

Any society which does not insist upon respect for all life must necessarily decay.

I've had the philosophy that John Adams expressed, in the kind of system that we're trying to create in this country: that this is a system for moral people. It will work for no other.

Achievers must not be penalized or parasites rewarded if we aspire to a healthy, productive, and ethical society.