Ephraim Mirvis Quotes

Saving lives is the top morality.

My view is that when in doubt, society should err on the side of life.

The commandment 'Thou shalt not kill' does not say it's O.K. to kill some people and not others.

Protecting the sanctity of life is a matter of principle.

All human beings are intrinsically valuable, and the intentional taking of human life by private persons is always wrong.

I value human life. I don't want to see human life taken away unnecessarily.

Life, woman, life is God's most precious gift; no principle, however glorious, may justify the taking of it.

I think the more we embrace the culture of life and respect life, the better that we do.

I think life is sacred, whether it's abortion or the death penalty.

I can do no other than be reverent before everything that is called life. I can do no other than to have compassion for all that is called life. That is the beginning and the foundation of all ethics.

There is no more important value than upholding the right to life in all circumstances.

For me, no ideological or political conviction would justify the sacrifice of a human life. For me, the value of life is absolute, with no concessions. It's not negotiable.

Mankind's feeling of responsibility to create a decent life and make it worth living with dignity has always been stronger than the will to kill life.

Every life is precious.

I'm opposed to abortion because I happen to believe that life deserves the protection of society.

Safeguarding life at every stage is a solemn responsibility, and one Hoosiers entrusted me to uphold.

I think life is too sacred to ever take it in any circumstances, even for the cure of a disease or something like that.

I firmly believe in the sanctity of life.

We have really got to create a culture in our world today where we recognize that every human life is sacred and precious and we have no right to take another human life.

Morality rests upon a sense of obligation; and obligation has no meaning except as implying a Divine command, without which it would cease to be.

Where there is no respect for life, there you will find evil.

The recognition of the sanctity of the life of every man is the first and only basis of all morality.

The only crime, the only crime is to take a life. There is nothing else.' 'And that's why you don't fight,'I say. She turns to me sharply. 'To preserve life is to fight everything that man stands for.

Life is dear to every living thing; the worm that crawls upon the ground will struggle for it.