Quotes About Morality

There is a demand in these days for men who can make wrong appear right.

You don't have a constitutional right or a moral right to demand entry into any country.

I won't do anything demeaning to what I stand for.

The Democratic Party is evil.

Some Republicans are good, and some Republicans are bad. Some Democrats are good, and some Democrats are bad. There are good police, and there are bad police. There are good black people and bad black people. There are good white people and bad white people.

I think Democrats keep the commandments of the Lord more.

Calling yourself God is blasphemous, but calling yourself demon isn't.

I did not want to depict Al Gashey as evil. I wanted him to come across as someone who did what he did for reasons that were compelling. Whether or not we agree with him is a different matter.

Once a country descends into evil, it doesn't emerge.

Evil is such a simplistic way to describe any character, be it Iago or Caliban, or any character from history.

The kind of simple conventional background that I come from doesn't allow me to be with a woman without giving her and the relationship the sanctity that they deserve.

I sent people to the penitentiary as fast as I could, never thinking about whether they deserved it.

I try not to make personal attacks on people - unless they're deserving.

It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for the law, so much as for the right.

We have to learn to listen to our conscience and not what we desire.

And if these be unprincipled agents who scruple at nothing, he will be a bold man who will deny that there are always to be found men at the bar who lend their services most cordially to back and support these agents in their most desperate cases.

I'm not the kind of person that would step on people just to get where I wanted to be, but I have crossed moral boundaries when I've either been afraid or desperate.

I think all of us, under certain circumstances, could be capable of some very despicable acts. And that's why, over the years, in my movies I've had characters who didn't care what people thought about them. We try to be as true to them as possible and maybe see part of ourselves in there that we may not like.

Lead by example. Be better than those you despise.

Whenever evil is destroyed people are happy. Then what's wrong in depicting positive violence?

We've heard that the hookup culture is destroying us. We've heard that it's saving us. We've heard that it's racist. We've agonized over which one of these is true.

I think Detective Murdoch would say that what sets Canada apart is that we are known for being above board, that we don't fudge numbers and misrepresent ourselves.

Crime makes for great drama and it's interesting because it delves into the darker side of us. Those kind of stories go way back, the detective and the criminal.

When you locate good in yourself, approve of it with determination. When you locate evil in yourself, despise it as something detestable.