Quotes About Dilemma

What am I supposed to do about you?

There comes a time when a man must stand up and do what he knows is Wrong.

Hitler's core—"The fact that a man is decent is no reason why we should not eliminate him.

These are tough choices. You may find yourself torn between wanting to propose the very best, most effective solution you can and wanting to submit the most competitive proposal possible.

To be morally educated is to realize that such would be a terrible price. Mechanical advance is the slack taken up of Our failing humanity. Hell is very likely to be modernization infinitely extended.

Perhaps that's what all human relationships boil down to: Would you save my life? or would you take it?

Nothing could be counted on in a world where even when you were a solution you were a problem.

Her heart kicked and an itchy burning in her throat made her swallow all her saliva away. She didn't know which way to go.

it was the right thing to do, but she had no right to do it. (Introduction)

Perhaps that's what all human relationships boiled down to: Would you save my life? or would you take it?

open societies will once again be urged to close in upon themselves, sacrificing freedom for 'security'.

is never a struggle between good and evil, but between the preferable and the detestable.

The second dilemma we face concerns the social consequences of technological change.

Get involved with humanity and you find yourself morally compromised,' he said, unencouragingly.

Conscience is what hurts when everything else feels good.

My conscience certainly feels like it's been spiked with moral Rohypnol.

She decided that this kind of waiting - waiting for something good and bad tangled together - should be given its own special name.

The choice," he insisted, "boils down to this: 'Christ or Communism.' There is really no other. Those in between—playing neutral—are literally playing into the hands of the enemy."24

Timothy was already there, his hands clasped together on the table like he was ready to pray or like he was your boss and was really sorry but he was going to have to fire you.

If my survival caused another to perish, then death would be sweeter and more beloved.

When a fellow says it ain't the money but the principle of the thing, it's the money.

The chief issue controlling our most consequential decisions isn't determining whether we can—it's figuring out whether we should.

I didn't know what to do. Susan was temporary. My foot was permanent.

What if he'd had to be put down?