“That's why the firm foundation of every land must be morality untarnished which, if destroyed, Rome will fall and founder.”
“The foundations of national morality must be laid in private families.”
“If there is to be peace on earth and good will toward men, we must finally believe in the ultimate morality of the universe, and believe that all reality hinges on moral foundations.”
“To persons of spirit like ourselves the only happy marriage is that which is based on a firm foundation of almost incessant quarrelling.”
“At the foundation of moral thinking lie beliefs in statements the truth of which no further reason can be given.”
“You are right in speaking of the moral foundations of science, but you cannot turn around and speak of the scientific foundations of morality.”