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If the end does not justify the means – what can?

The Ethical Society, therefore, is like a Church in maintaining, and emphasizing the importance of maintaining the custom of public assemblies on Sunday.

Abolition of a woman’s right to abortion, when and if she wants it, amounts to compulsory maternity: a form of rape by the State.

The first and only principle of sexual ethics: the accuser is always in the wrong.

We cannot sacrifice innocent human life now for vague and exaggerated promises of medical treatments thirty of forty years from now. There are ways to pursue this technology and respect life at the same time.

If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.

If you injure your neighbour, better not do it by halves.

It is not living that matters, but living rightly.

If we do not lay out ourselves in the service of mankind whom should we serve?

Do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire.