"The test of the morality of a society is..." - Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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“The test of the morality of a society is what it does for its children.”

Bonhoeffer measures a societys character by how it treats its youngest members.

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“Silence in the face of evil is itself evil.”

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“The friend who holds your hand and says the wrong thing is made of dearer stuff than the one who stays away”

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“Silence in the face of evil is itself evil. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.”

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“The test of the morality of a society is what it does for its children and the kindness it shows the vulnerable”

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“The essence of optimism is that it takes no account of the present but it is a source of inspiration of vitality and of hope.”

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“Action springs not from thought but from a readiness for responsibility.”

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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“To see what is right and not do it is the want of courage.”

— Confucius

“Compassion is the basis of morality and kindness is compassion in action”

— Arthur Schopenhauer

“To do as one would be done by, and to love one's neighbour as oneself, constitute the ideal perfection of utilitarian morality.”

— John Stuart Mill

“The greatest happiness of the greatest number is the foundation of morals and legislation.”

— Jeremy Bentham

“Act only according to that maxim whereby you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law.”

— Immanuel Kant

“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster.”

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“Act that your principle of action might safely be made a law for the whole world.”

— Immanuel Kant

“To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it.”

— G.K. Chesterton