Quotes About Ethics

It costs a lot more than your life. To murder innocent people? It costs everything you are.

That seems to be crossing some kind of line," I say. :So anything goes?" They both stare at me- Beetee with doubt, Gale with hostility. "I guess there isn't a rule book for what might be unacceptable to do to another human being.

The awful thing is that if i can forget they're people, it will be no different at all

You've no right to starve people, to punish them for no reason. No right to take away their life and freedom. Those are things everyone is born with, and they're not yours for the taking. Winning a war doesn't give you that right. Having more weapons doesn't give you that right. Being from the Capitol doesn't give you that right. Nothing does.

His dad said if you did something wrong to someone in public, you ought to admit it in public, too.

That's our right," Dr. Gaul countered. "No, it isn't! I don't care what you say. You've no right to starve people, to punish them for no reason. No right to take away their life and freedom. Those are things everyone is born with, and they're not yours for the taking. Winning a war doesn't give you that right. Having more weapons doesn't give you that right.

That's our right," Dr. Gaul countered. "No, it isn't! I don't care what you say. You've no right to starve people, to punish them for no reason. No right to take away their life and freedom. These are things everyone is born with, and they're not yours for the taking. Winning a war doesn't give you the right., having more weapons' doesn't give you that right. Being from the capital doesn't give you that right. Nothing does.

What do you do here that you could not do there?' 'I do no harm. I do no more harm.' -Hamnet

Then be kind, Coryo," she snapped. "And try not to look down on people who had to choose between death and disgrace.

Then be kind, Coryo, and try not to look down on people who had to choose between death and disgrace

Oh, no. It costs a lot more than your life. To murder innocent people?" says Peeta. "It costs everything you are.

motivated by his desire to keep her alive and his anger at the Gamemakers' negligence. An argument could be made for basic decency there.

Did you tell your best friend his crush was a cannibal? Never a rule book when you needed one.

Si la causa no era honorable, ¿cómo podía ser un honor participar en ella?

You've no right to starve people, to punish them for no reason. No right to take away their life and freedom. Those are things everyone is born with, and they're not yours for the taking. Winning a war doesn't give you that right. Having more weapons doesn't give you that right.

We should kill them all." The words slipped out before he could stop them. "Kill them all? Why?" said Dr. Kay in surprise. "They're unnatural." He tried to twist the comment so it sounded like it came from a bird lover. "Perhaps they'll hurt the other species.

Oh, no, te cuesta mucho más que la vida. ¿Matar a gente inocente? Te cuesta todo lo que eres. —Todo lo que eres —repite Caesar en voz baja.

try not to look down on people who had to choose between death and disgrace.

I think there's a natural goodness built into human beings. You know when you've stepped across the line into evil, and it's your life's challenge to try and stay on the right side of that line.

Then the raw hunk of meat that used to be my enemy makes a sound, and I know where his mouth is. And I think the word he's trying to say is please. Pity, not vengeance, sends my arrow flying into his skull. Peeta

The word pulls me up short. Murder!

To become the Mockingjay . . . could any good I do possibly outweigh the damage?

You know how to kill." "Not people," I say. "How different can it be, really?" says Gale grimly.

If the cause wasn't honorable, how could it be an honor to participate in it?