Quotes About Ethics

To make the public sentiment on the side of all that is just and true and noble is the highest use of life.

You can't serve the public good without the truth as a bottom line.

My religion is based on truth and non-violence. Truth is my God. Non-violence is the means of realising Him.

The same principle that forbids me to lie does not allow me to tell the truth.

It would be wrong to put friendship before the truth.

My responsibility is to truth and beauty.

It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.

The lowest form of popular culture - lack of information, misinformation, disinformation, and a contempt for the truth or the reality of most people's lives - has overrun real journalism.

Relations between States, as between individuals, must be regulated not by armed force, but in accordance with...truth, justice and vigorous and sincere co-operation.

Leaders should be able to Stand Alone, Take the Heat, Bear the Pain, Tell the Truth, and Do What's Right

And yet, sometimes facts are no more than pitiful consequences, because guilt does not reside in our acts but in the intentions that give rise to our act. Everything turns on our intentions.

We do not need a truth to serve us, we need a truth that we can serve

When something important is going on, silence is a lie.

If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say it.

When men are pure, laws are useless; when men are corrupt, laws are broken.

Truth is the highest virtue, but higher still is truthful living.

Lying can never save us from another lie.

Who is better, they who promote truth over happiness, or happiness over truth?

Whatever else there may be in our nature, responsibility toward truth is one of its attributes.

Truth has been displaced as a value and replaced by psychological effectiveness.

Trust grows when people see leaders translate their personal integrity into organizational fidelity. At the heart of fidelity lies truth-telling and promise-keeping.

Honesty is the best policy, but insanity is a better defense.

Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.

Photography is the truth if it's being handled by a truthful person.