Quotes About Ethics

Paray? lanetleyen insan, onu ?erefsizce elde etmi?tir; ona sayg? duyan insan, hak ederek kazanm??t?r.

Mrs. Martin, I happen to be committed to a course of action. That does not mean I don't care whether the action is good or bad.

todo el mundo roba, desde los niños a los viejos —lo cual puede significar simplemente, dado que todo pertenece al Estado, que se han cogido unas pocas frutas—. Trampa infernal, una sociedad que no deja más opción que morir, robar y engañar: esta deseducación, en particular entre los jóvenes, ha permitido que subsista hasta hoy un cinismo y un egoísmo que comprometen las posibilidades de desarrollo de Camboya.

Men blamed sins for corrupting their souls. Women blamed their souls, which is to say themselves.

A woman who is generous with her money is to be praised; not so, if she is generous with her person." —QUINTILIAN

You could not really bargain away your soul before it was established that you had one.

He had come a long way since his conviction, as a twenty-year-old, that honesty could not be counterfeited.

honesty very nearly constituted a religious principle for her.* She believed in full candor, which was not the same as full disclosure.

As his subject Samuel Adams chose: Is it lawful to resist the supreme magistrate if the republic cannot otherwise be preserved?

Cases of Conscience

A corrupt people would not long remain free. "He therefore is the truest friend to the liberty of his country who tries most to promote its virtue," he concluded.

With great power, there must also come, great responsibility

What was civilization ever, really, but the attempt by man to talk himself into being good? Only good, mind you. The rest had to be shoved somewhere out of sight, under the rug. Which History indeed did, at times politely, at times police-ly, and yet something was always sticking out, breaking loose, overthrowing.

Czy je?eli ludo?erca je no?em i widelcem - to post?p?

For us, at the Highest Possible Level, there is nothing left to do in this Universe, and to create another Universe, in my opinion, would be in extremely poor taste.

Yes, it's comforting to know, when you think about it, that only man can be a bastard

Yes, it's comforting to know, when you think about it, that only man can be a bastard.

For truly, what computer has not asked whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous instructions?

Am I responsible for my unconscious? No one else is, if not myself.

Manufacturers these days have peculiar problems: a package may recommend the virtues of its product by voice only, for it is not allowed to grab the customer by the sleeve or collar.

What was civilization ever, really, but the attempt by man to talk himself into being good?

los que más gritan por la paz, son los primeros en quebrantarla.

You are doing all you can to stay human in an inhuman situation. Noble it may be, but it isn't going to get you anywhere. And I'm not so sure about it being noble-not if it's idiotic at the same time.

I tried putting myself in the place of the Sender. I would send nothing that could be used contrary to my intentions. To provide any kind of tool without knowing to whom would be like handing out grenades to children.