
Source: Letter from the Birmingham Jail
Why War? (November 21, 1998) http://web.archive.org/web/20070324011124/http://www.natvan.com/pub/1998/112198.txt, American Dissident Voices Broadcast of November 21, 1998 http://archive.org/details/DrWilliamPierceAudioArchive308RadioBroadcasts
1990s, 1990
Source: Letter from the Birmingham Jail
“Abort it and try again. It would be immoral to bring it into the world if you have the choice.”
On a hypothetical fetus with Down syndrome https://twitter.com/RichardDawkins/statuses/502106262088466432 (20 August 2014)
Twitter
“Actually, I think it's more immoral to use less force than necessary, than it is to use more.”
if you use less force, you kill off more of humanity in the long run, because you are merely protracting the struggle.
Mission with LeMay: My Story (1965), p. 382.
“I believe that homosexual acts between individuals are immoral”
Context: I believe that homosexual acts between individuals are immoral, and that we should not condone immoral acts. I do not believe that the armed forces are well served by saying through our policies that it's okay to be immoral in any way, not just with regards to homosexual acts.
“I think "immoral" is probably the wrong word to use…I prefer the word "unethical."”
Den of Thieves (1992), by John B. Stewart
"What if the Media Were Moral" http://www.wnd.com/2013/10/what-if-the-media-were-moral WorldNetDaily.com, October 17, 2013.
2010s, 2013
That's not accurate. Although it's true they were used as shields, the fact is they were humans already. So if these humans were used as shields, they were human shields. They weren't being used as human shields. Got that?
Books, When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops? (2004)
“it is just as wrong, or even perhaps more so, to use moral means to preserve immoral ends.”
1960s, Letter from a Birmingham Jail (1963)
Variant: I must affirm that it is just as wrong, or perhaps even more so, to use moral means to preserve immoral ends.
Context: I have consistently preached that nonviolence demands that the means we use must be as pure as the ends we seek. I have tried to make clear that it is wrong to use immoral means to attain moral ends. But now I must affirm that it is just as wrong, or perhaps even more so, to use moral means to preserve immoral ends.
“I'm pro-choice, but I believe that most abortions are immoral. I take the nuanced middle ground.”
1990s