Quotes About Morality

We were there to do what had to be done. Using napalm didn't fit with peacetime sensitivities, but peace and a return to the sensitivities that it permitted were what we were fighting to achieve.

In science, progress is a fact, in ethics and politics it is a superstition.

Histories of morality are rarely written in order to inform the reader.

And they drank heavily, partied with great enthusiasm, and relished the drug culture; they moved in and out and slept around, and this was okay because they defined their own morality. They were fighting for the Mexicans and the redwoods, dammit! They had to be good people!

I guess under the right circumstances, a man will do just about anything.

Ethics are determined by what they catch you doing. If you don't get caught, then you haven't violated any ethics.

Murder must be punished, but murder can also be justified.

You miss the whole point, Pastor. What I did was wrong, but I couldn't stop myself. Why couldn't I stop myself? Because of what I am. I wasn't born this way. I became a man with a lot of problems, not because of my DNA, but because of what society demanded. Lock ' em up. Punish the hell out of them. And if you make a few monsters along the way, to bad.

How often would I have the chance to see a pretty girl bathing? I could recall no specific prohibition from the church or the Scriptures, though I knew it was wrong. But maybe it wasn't terribly sinful.

every company of a certain size must have committed egregious sins to succeed in the cutthroat world of Western capitalism.

Since we can all agree that it's wrong to kill, why do we allow the State to kill?

John Grisham

I'm happy to see you've found a church home, Abby," her father said piously. For years he had led the prayer each Sunday at the First Methodist Church in Danesboro, and the other six days he had tirelessly practiced greed and manipulation. He had also steadily but discreetly pursued whiskey and women. An

And why not keep quiet? They're reaping a windfall. They have homes and cars, schools and health care, money for college. Why rock the boat? If the casino is doing a little dirty business with some gangsters, who cares? Speaking up might get you shot.

No smile, not a trace of warmth or humor, all business. Could she really be a party to the wrongful conviction of a man who'd been on death row fifteen years? It was hard to believe.

It's legal because it's not illegal.

The lawyer calmly said, "Ethics are determined by what they catch you doing. If you don't get caught, then you haven't violated any ethics.

Almost monthly I deal with self-righteous prosecutors who lie, cheat, stonewall, cover up, ignore ethics, and do whatever it takes to get a conviction, even when they know the truth and the truth tells them they are wrong. So I know the breed, the ilk, the subclass of lawyer who's above the law because he is the law. Huver

She had not raised her daughter to live such a life; in fact, Debbie had been raised in the church. After high school, though, she began partying and keeping later hours.

John Grisham

My point is that I'm not sure I can find another judge so eager to be purchased.

He didn't worry much about the illegal killings of humans, such as those killings so artfully and cruelly achieved by his clients.

For years he had led the prayer each Sunday at the First Methodist Church in Danesboro, and the other six days he had tirelessly practiced greed and manipulation.

I'm sure that if I stay in this business I'll one day think of a dirtier trick, but one's hard to imagine now.