Quotes About Ethics

They live in the gap between what's right and what's possible.

There is a certain threshold, an intensity of sin and cynicism, beyond which no society can survive.…

The Zaibatsu recognizes one civil right: the right to death.

He's crooked, he's corrupt, he's more sly and cynical than Cardinal Richelieu. But you know, to do him credit, there's something very broad-minded and forgiving about him. People who are civilized and also amoral, well, they don't make big, harsh demands. They're willing to let you be.

You give a guy a license to steal, you've got to expect him to use it.

people don't choose what you do; they choose who you are. In

When I do good, I feel good; when I do bad, I feel bad, and that is my religion. - Abraham Lincoln

1.  Do No Harm     2.  Make Things Better     3.  Respect Others     4.  Be Fair     5.  Be Loving

When a world goes to pieces, when inhumanity reigns supreme, man cannot go on with business as usual. One then has to radically reevaluate all of what one has done, believed in, stood for.

When a world goes to pieces, when inhumanity reigns supreme, man cannot go on with business as usual.

For Schaeffer rationality concerned the validity of thought, while rationalism concerned someone beginning with himself and his reason plus what he observes, without information from any other source, and coming to final answers in regard to truth, ethics, and reality.

Schaeffer called upon all Christians studying sociology, psychology, or ethics to resist the modern concept that all sin can be explained merely on the basis of conditioning.

Scientists need to be observed and criticized more than any other members of society. I say this not just because of the horrors that might emerge from their laboratories, but also because of the necessity for making them as morally and philosophically answerable as the rest of us.

Both bad driving and bad voting are dangerous not merely to the individual who practices them, but to innocent bystanders.

Most voters disown selfish motives. They personally back the policies that are best for the country, ethically right, and consistent with social justice. At the same time, they see other voters—not just their opponents, but often their allies too—as deeply selfish. The typical liberal Democrat says he votes his conscience, and

No truth calls louder for pastoral holiness than the link between a preacher's character and a sermon's reception. If

My personal feeling, if I can interject a political note, is that I don't think it is right that basic health care is a privilege. It shouldn't be. It should be a right of all human beings. And certainly in the richest country in the world.

I'm sure you have seen corruption spreading like a disease... but it isn't really an infection. No one becomes corrupt because of the sins of another. They cannot catch it by mere exposure or by birth. All people choose for themselves.

You punish liars? In my world, we elect them to public office.

Oh, they don't allow the Bible in Heaven, Miss Mary...It contains far too much sex and violence.

No right exists without its complementary obligation.

True freedom is where an individual's thoughts and actions are in alignment with that which is true, correct, and of honor - no matter the personal price.

It is better to lose everything you have to keep the balance of justice level, than to live a life of petty privilege devoid of true freedom.

If you are competing with slaves, then you are a slave yourself.