Quotes About Ethics

A man dies when he refuses to stand up for that which is right. A man dies when he refuses to stand up for justice. A man dies when he refuses to take a stand for that which is true.

You gotta judge a man by his principles.

We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American Eagle in order to feather their own nests.

A man of bad character punishes his own soul.

God will judge my heart, Man will judge my actions.

Any man who has been given the honor of being promoted to general and who says, "I will protect another general who protects Communists," is not fit to wear that uniform, general.

As long as man continues to be the ruthless destroyer of lower living beings he will never know health or peace. For as long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other.

The greatest evils in the world will not be carried out by men with guns, but by men in suits sitting behind desks

There are two races of men in this world but only these two: the race of the decent man and the race of the indecent man.

The appeal to the white man's pocket has ever been more effectual than all the appeals ever made to his conscience.

For a punishment to be just it should consist of only such gradations of intensity as suffice to deter men from committing crimes.

In my experience, men who respond to good fortune with modesty and kindness are harder to find than those who face adversity with courage.

I do nothing I regret, man, because I try to do nothing abominable. As long as there is not an abomination, there is nothing to regret, you understand?

Freedom is what we all seek, but it's what we do with that freedom that ultimately defines our character. In the end, a man's character cements his fate, good or bad.

What will finally destroy us is not communism or fascism, but man acting like God.

People often tell me I could be a great man. I'd rather be a good man.

It is not the criminals who arouse the hatred of others, but the men who are honest.

The dog is a gentleman; I hope to go to his heaven not man's.

Unless the will is free, man has no freedom; and if he has no freedom he is not a moral agent, that is, he is incapable of moral action and also of moral character.

Any law which violates the inalienable rights of man is essentially unjust and tyrannical; it is not a law at all.

There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper, and the people who consider price only are this man's lawful prey.

By whomsoever no evil is done in deed, or word, or thought, him I call a Brahmin (holy man) who is guarded in these three.

I asked a man in prison once how he happened to be there and he said he had stolen a pair of shoes. I told him if he had stolen a railroad he would be a United States Senator.

How good we are as preachers depends - not altogether, but (make no mistake!) primarily - on how good we are as men.