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It was once said that the moral test of government is how that government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly; and those who are in the shadows of life, the sick, the needy and the handicapped.

Mankind's true moral test, its fundamental test (which lies deeply buried from view), consists of its attitude towards those who are at its mercy: animals. And in this respect mankind has suffered a fundamental debacle, a debacle so fundamental that all others stem from it.

Society is constantly recalibrating, redefining what it considers to be moral and immoral.

The moral disapprobation of society has an impact on behavior in societies.

The moral law commands us to make the highest possible good in a world the final object of all our conduct.

Morality is a test of our conformity rather than our integrity.

Personally, I think it is possible to build a society that is moral on a nonreligious basis, but the jury is still out on that.

One of the standards on which your happiness is based, now and in your future, is moral purity.

If society is a ship, it appears to many to be firmly at anchor in moral waters. Perhaps this isn't so.

It is our moral obligation to give every child the very best education possible.