Quotes About Ethics

Sometimes what we want to do and what we must do are not the same. Pasquo, the smaller the space between your desire and what is right, the happier you will be.

I live by the golden rule: Treat others as you'd want them to treat you.

There is no greater sign of a general decay of virtue in a nation, than a want of zeal in its inhabitants for the good of their country.

And so evil flourishes and spreads because decent people don't want to make a fuss.

It's a short step from the belief that every child should be wanted to the belief that a child exists to satisfy our wants.

You wouldn't be caught wearing cheap perfume, would you? Then why do you want to wear cheap perfume in your conduct?

A lot of animal experiments consider only commercial interests. We want to ban all animal experiments as soon as possible.

Ethics doesn't require us to ignore our self-interests or demand a life of self-sacrifice. It requires that we know the difference between what we want and what we should do

People do not want politicians they know to be corrupt.

Many people weigh the guilt, they will feel against the pleasure of the forbidden action they want to take.

It took a long time, but I have learned that you just can't take anything you want out of life without putting something back in exchange.

Because abortions are illegal, women who need and want them have no choice in the matter, and you-because you know how to perform them-have no choice, either

If stealing a few saltshakers was wrong I didn't want to be right.

I like to keep my Twitter pure. I don't want to sell my followers anything.

People want the right to die at a time of their own choosing. Too many families have watched helplessly as a relative dies slowly, longing for death.

People lie for lots of reasons, often because it seems like a way to get what they want with less effort.

Someone must stand up to those who say, "Here's the key, there's the Treasury, just take as many of those hard-earned tax dollars as you want."

He that has once concluded it lawful to resist power, when it wants merit, will soon find a want of merit, to justify his resistance to power.

Our merchandised may be over priced, but I think it's reasonable considering I only want more money.

I try to live [the Golden Rule] and I certainly expect it of some particular others. But I'll be damned if I want most folk out there to do unto me what they do unto themselves.

No injustice is done to someone who wants that thing done.

We can find loopholes in a lot of things if we want to bend the rules of the church.

I think when you're looking for people to interview, you want to make it fair and honest. You're not just bringing people on so you can beat them up or, you know, make fools out of them or something

There is a sign that hangs on my wall that says, 'What is it you want me to do to somebody else that is more important than what you want me to do for you?