Quotes About Ethics

If we are honest and fair, then we are known by that. If we are not, alas, we are known by that as well. What we want to do is do right, but you have to say it, you have to show it, and not stop.

Advertising gets such a bashing from the world. At parties you are always asked, 'Aren't you just selling people things they don't want?

Moral relativism says morality is relative, not absolute, I want to show moral relativism, in its popular form, is logically incoherent.

EVERYTHING is dependent on whether or not we care... CHOOSE to care, CHOOSE to want, CHOOSE to do the right thing.

For me as a man, philosophically, when you talk about honor and integrity, thatÂ's the way I want to live my life. It moved me.

An economist is a scoundrel who tells you the way things are rather than the way you want them to be.

[The politician] is asked to stand, he wants to sit, and he is expected to lie.

Sometimes, life isn't about what you want to do but what you ought to do.

I'm a firm believer in God and I don't think he'd want me acting a certain way.

Everyone has a conflict inside of them - the conflict between what you should do and what you want to do.

Morality is how you go about getting what you want without screwing anybody to get it.

I think it's shameful when you sell out. It depends what kind of artist you wanna be, but I don't want my name anywhere near another brand.

In this world, not everything will be won by justice. If you want to win, you have to learn how to cheat. (Nana)

Nobody wants justice.

Here's why I find it impossible to be a Republican: any crowd that instantly cheers the execution of 234 individuals is a crowd I want to flee, not join.

I'm expected to do what's right; I want to leave a legacy of positivity behind.

A bad author can take the most moral issue and make you want to just never, ever think about that moral issue.

It does not demean men to want to be what they imagine the wolf to be, but it does demean them to kill the animal for it.

To spank or not to spank isn't the question the question is whether whether we are teaching a quality we want our kids to have as adults?

Women have a right, I believe, to do whatever they want as long as they don't break the law.

God is in heaven, and we all want what's his. But power and greed and corruptible seed seem to be all that there is.

I'm not really trying to break the bank like some other people. I just want what's fair.

I'm optimistic. I really believe people in power want to do the right thing.

With all my traveling around the world I would say that South Vietnam was not as corrupted as people want to talk about it because it is a matter of degrees.