Of the twenty-two civilizations that have appeared in history, nineteen of them collapsed when they reached the moral state the United States is in now.
If the history of the Day of Atonement has anything to say to us now it is: never relieve individuals of moral responsibility. The more we have, the more we grow.
It's through the small things that we develop our moral imagination, so that we can understand the sufferings of others.
Is there a point at which we hit a tipping point and all of this economic, cultural and moral trouble sends us into a death spiral we can't get out of?
Early childhood education is an urgent educational, economic and moral imperative. Without it, we face a long-term national economic security crisis.
Equality of rights means that some people cannot simply impose obligations on others, for the moral agency and rights of those others would then be violated.
I just believe if you don't believe in God, then where is your moral barometer? That's just me talking. You can believe what you want to believe.
It is a sad day for our country when the moral foundation of our law and the acknowledgment of God has to be hidden from public view to appease a federal judge.
The Bible is plain that God requires moral perfection. It tells us unambiguously that God is holy and therefore cannot tolerate any hint of unholiness.
Physical pain however great ends in itself and falls away like dry husks from the mind, whilst moral discords and nervous horrors sear the soul.
A growing and increasingly influential movement of philosophers, ethicists, law professors and activists are convinced that the great moral struggle of our time will be for the rights of animals.
In all secrets there is a kind of guilt, however beautiful or joyful they may be, or for what good end they may be set to serve. Secrecy means evasion, and evasion means a problem to the moral mind.
The conscience of children is formed by the influences that surround them; their notions of good and evil are the result of the moral atmosphere they breathe.
A flourishing, morally credible media is a vital component in the maintenance of genuinely public talk, argument about common good.
I tend to think of action movies as exuberant morality plays in which good triumphs over evil.
Football has an important role to play in society. Players should have a sense of social responsibility, have a moral dimension to them which shows up in good conduct.
I do not think athletes should get a free pass. I don't think we should train our children and future athletes to believe that they are above the law and morality.
My commitment to the security and future of Israel is based upon basic morality as well as enlightened self-interest. Our role in supporting Israel honors our own heritage.
What we are doing to the future of our children, and the other species on the planet, is a clear moral issue.
We who came here saw what was happening. This was far more than a war in a faraway place. This was a moral imperative, a terrible vision of the future.
The measure of and self-congratulation for our own intelligence should have its basis in our moral behavior as well as our smarts.
