Quotes About Ethics

We don't have some message from God that gives us a list of what's good and what's not good. Obviously, we have to make our own flawed judgments about each thing.

My responsibility is to make judgments about hard, complex issues that I believe to be right.

Corruption requires looking into someone's soul and making judgments about their intent.

While I am a teetotaller in real life, I would hate to pass any judgments on what actresses should do or not do.

No one will escape justice. It's a moral and judicial duty.

A corrupt judiciary is hardly likely to hold a corrupt executive to account.

Every institution, including the judiciary has its share of black sheep and corrupt judges.

A president shouldn't tell the judiciary what to do.

I tell the truth where it's the ethical thing to do, but in terms of entertainment, there's a certain fun and enjoyment that can be added to the experience by a few judicious lies.

Now, I feel that if somebody looks through all the numbers through all those years, they will find one for Julius Rosenberg, and it is worth finding if it is such an important issue.

There's always a little jump to your heart when you realize you've got looting.

I don't believe anyone has leaked grand jury information.

Personally, I think it is possible to build a society that is moral on a nonreligious basis, but the jury is still out on that.

I've led a grand jury.

Sci-fi is just as much about social science as technology.

If I were Elizabeth Sloane, I wouldn't be wearing makeup. I'd just be focused on getting the job done.

I don't want to just be a great fighter, but also a great man.

An action doesn't have to be wrong just because it is not logical. It doesn't have to be right just because it has its logic.

I try not to date where I work. It makes life easier. I don't say no to anybody because I'd hope that people wouldn't say no to me just because I'm an actor - but they'd have to be pretty extraordinary.

In track and field, a lot of people don't make a lot of money, so if you're a lower name you might just get run over by USADA because they're just looking to get people out of the sport.

Bailing on a company is just something you don't do.

Justice is to be found only in imagination.

The law has no compassion. And justice is administered without compassion.

In our society, authority derives from justice, and in our society, learning to live with authority should derive from and aid learning to understand and to feel justice.