Force and mind are opposites; morality ends where a gun begins.

Force and mind are opposites; morality ends where a gun begins.

I cannot believe that this country cannot come together around some values what these kids need is a moral life... read more

I cannot believe that this country cannot come together around some values what these kids need is a moral life... the issue is not ideas, it is conduct. The real question is how we reach these young people morally, and what do we bring to them.

Rough Johnson, the great moralist.

Rough Johnson, the great moralist.

I think it's unethical to take money for poor quality performance.

I think it's unethical to take money for poor quality performance.

The American elite is almost beyond redemption. . . . Moral
relativism has set in so deeply that the read more

The American elite is almost beyond redemption. . . . Moral
relativism has set in so deeply that the gilded classes have
become incapable of discerning right from wrong. Everything can
be explained away, especially by journalists. Life is one great
moral mush--sophistry washed down with Chardonnay. The ordinary
citizens, thank goodness, still adhere to absolutes. . . . It is
they who have saved the republic from creeping degradation while
their "betters" were derelict.

There is something more horrible than hoodlums, churls and
vipers, and that is knaves with moral justification for their read more

There is something more horrible than hoodlums, churls and
vipers, and that is knaves with moral justification for their
cause.

To denounce moralizing out of hand is to pronounce a moral judgment.

To denounce moralizing out of hand is to pronounce a moral judgment.

Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people we personally dislike.

Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people we personally dislike.

Without civic morality communities perish; without personal morality their survival has no value.

Without civic morality communities perish; without personal morality their survival has no value.