Quotes about Moral Principles

Man tends to treat all his opinions as principles.

Apa yang dikatakan orang-orang bukanlah masalah, selama aku mempertahankan perilaku yang benar.

For us, universal values such as justice, morality and peace cannot be disputed and it is for this reason that we pursue the restoration of historical truth.

What are the values that give meaning? What is the line that you will never cross, because on this side you're good, and on this side you're evil.

Left-wing politicians take away your liberty in the name of children and of fighting poverty, while right-wing politicians do it in the name of family values and fighting drugs. Either way, government gets bigger and you become less free.

It has been said that a nation reveals its character by the values it upholds.

Ain't nobody making music to not be heard and the easiest way to be heard is to be on the radio, but you should never compromise who you are, your values or your morals.

Intellectuals are people who believe that ideas are of more importance than values. That is to say, their own ideas and other people's values.

I couldn't kill a chicken, I couldn't kill a cow - I was a vegetarian too at that time - so I thought, well what is there that I could kill? I couldn't kill this and I couldn't kill that.

The principles of justice are chosen behind a veil of ignorance.

The essential thing is not that there be many truths in a work, but that no truth be abused.

Keep integrity and your work ethics intact. So what if that means working a little harder; an honorable character is your best calling card, and that's something anyone can have!

You wouldn't do things to hurt others if only you understood the principles of God

There is no such thing as business ethics. There is only one kind -- you have to adhere to the highest standards.

Our Business here is not to know all things, but those which concern our conduct.

If doing what ought to be done be made the first business and success a secondary consideration--is not this the way to exalt virtue?

Values, in other words, are and should be the ultimate test.

the God of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam—is moral today.

the argument is really about equality rather than about rights.

Invoking the moral high ground somehow makes you lose it. Using a secret as a weapon makes you almost as bad as the transgressor.

The right to kill another person is not a right that I would agree with and support.

Such a concept of morality sounds noble and high-minded; the supreme importance of morality means that it must be based on the highest authority, and this is the authority of reason itself. However, as MacIntyre and other critics of Kant have noted, the grandeur of the structure of Kant's ethics is matched by the emptiness of its content

Every society and religion has rules, for both have moral laws. And the essence of morality consists, as in art, of drawing the line somewhere.

A sense of shame is not a bad moral compass.