Quotes about Moral Principles

Un uomo saggio non lascia il giusto alla mercé del caso né desidera che esso si affermi attraverso il potere della maggioranza.

I'd rather be shot than be seen falling out of some trendy club.

An act of violence, no matter how small, can never be justified if it can be avoided.

Many people would fight against the idea that they are corrupt. While in the real sense, they are corrupt because they don't live by the principles of honesty and truth.

I do not hold with those who think it is all right to do whatever you want so long as it doesn't hurt anyone. Who's to be the judge of that?

Our country! In her intercourse with foreign nations may she always be in the right; but our country, right or wrong.

He seemed to believe that indignation was a sufficient guardian.

The only rules not meant to be broken are those of love and virtue.

Killian won't go for it. The mother won't go for it. Hell, Davey, I've got no morals whatsoever, and I wouldn't go for it! It's the worst goddamn thing I ever heard.

Right and wrong are not the product of census.

Thou shalt not submit thy god to market forces.

A good and faithful judge ever prefers the honorable to the expedient.

I never think the ends justify the means.

I have the knack of easing scruples.

To keep your character intact you cannot stoop to filthy acts. It makes it easier to stoop the next time.

For the record, I believe elected officials should talk about faith. Our founders believed the moral principles of faith were indispensable to our nation's survival. The Declaration of Independence mentions God four times.

if you remove the cross from Christianity, all that remains is some wise moral teaching not terribly different from any other religion.

True independence and freedom can only exist in doing what's right.

Our ethos is all that we currently hold to be true. It is what we act upon. It governs our manners, our business, and our politics.

Religion must mainly be a matter of principles only. It cannot be a matter of rules. The moment it degenerates into rules, it ceases to be a religion, as it kills responsibility which is an essence of the true religious act.

For people who never tire of telling the world what a moral high ground they've taken in opposing Donald Trump, they sure don't seem to mind offering up a bellyful of gloats and taunts.

The lawyer's truth is not Truth, but consistency or a consistent expediency.

If you take the approach that you want to scrape every last nickel off the table, that'll work one or two times, but after awhile, your reputation will precede you.

There's some things that no amount of money can get me to do.