Quotes About Ethics

Conscience is God's presence in humans.

The use of God in moral debate is so problematic as to be almost worthless.

People who think God is on their side are capable of the most inhumane acts. (Petrov)

I think then I may safely conclude and I firmly believe that American slavery is not only not a sin but especially commanded by God through Moses and approved by Christ through His Apostles.

Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent.

If God did not intend for us to eat animals, then why did he make them out of meat?

God knows that I detest slavery, but it is an existing evil ... and we must endure it and give it such protection as is guaranteed by the Constitution.

If God didn't want us to eat cows, why are they made out of meat?

To God everything is beautiful, good, and just; humans, however, think some things are unjust and others just.

Upon these two foundations, the law of nature and the law of revelation, depend all human laws.

I'm not against god, I'm against the misuse of god.

A nation which thinks that it is belief in God and not good law which makes people honest does not seem to me very advanced.

People are interested by talent. God is impressed by character

The basis for the ethics of the Sermon on the Mount is not what works, but rather who God is.

God Almighty has set before me two great objects, the suppression of the slave trade and the reformation of manners (morality).

The theologian considers sin mainly as an offence against God; the moral philosopher as contrary to reasonableness.

What do I care about Jupiter? Justice is a human issue, and I do not need a god to teach it to me.

The man who first pronounced the barbarous word God ought to have been immediately destroyed.

I want to separate sin from crime. You may have to ask forgiveness for your sins from God, but not from the Minister of Justice. There's no place for the state in the bedrooms of the nation.

We should create law based on the God of the Bible.

The ability to choose is at the essential core of our grandeur. Even evil exists because God respects our ability to choose.

Since the Court took God our of our schools, we've gotten exactly what we should expect: godless schools.

What would really satisfy us would be a God who said of anything we happened to like doing, 'What does it matter so long as they are contented?'

If you care about the slaughter of the innocent, then for God's sake, speak up.