Quotes About Morality

Speciesism: A failure, in attitude or practice, to accord any nonhuman being equal consideration and respect

People who treat other people as less than human must not be surprised when the bread they have cast on the waters comes floating back to them, poisoned.

The devil's most devilish when respectable.

Nothing profits more than self-esteem, grounded on what is just and right.

Traditional morality ... does not teach us how to let the other follow his or her own path, meet with whomever he or she desires, go where he or she wants.

Without virtue, and without integrity, the finest talents and the most brilliant accomplishments can never gain the respect, and conciliate the esteem, of the truly valuable part of mankind.

I'm an atheist, but I'm very relaxed about it. I don't preach my atheism, but I have a huge amount of respect for people like Richard Dawkins who do.

The more things a man is ashamed of, the more respectable he is.

The only way to show a true respect for God is to act morally while ignoring God's existence.

The only laws a man can truly respect are the ones he makes for himself.

With respect to those meanings of 'human' that are relevant to the morality of abortion, any fetus is less human than an adult pig.

Respect gods before demigods, heroes before men, and first among men your parents; but respect yourself most of all.

It is for the wise people who delight in humanity, praise justice, despise their flatterers, and respect the truth.

The life of an ant and the life of my child should be accorded equal respect.

Where there is no respect for life, there you will find evil.

Nothing destroys one's respect in the hearts of others more than greed.

A hypocrite despises those whom he deceives, but has no respect for himself. He would make a dupe of himself too, if he could.

Whoever does not respect life, does not deserve it.

I was raised to believe in myself. I know I'm cool. I'm not trying to brag or say I'm the man or anything like that. I don't lie or cheat, and I'm not mean to anybody. I treat people with respect.

Where defining foreign policy as 'ethical' went wrong was that it implied that all decisions would be exclusive in every respect of any dealings with unethical regimes.

It seems to me of great importance to teach children respect for life.

Be sanctuaries of respect for life, proclaiming the sacredness of every human life from conception to natural death

I think we have to give religion its due. I think we have to respect those for whom religion is important, but equally respect those who can achieve good morality without religion.

We do want our fellow citizens to respect our deeply held conviction that the absence of an afterlife lends a greater, not a lesser, moral importance to our actions on earth.