Quotes About Ethics

To be a good patriot, a man must consider his countrymen as God's creatures, and himself as accountable for his acting towards them.

What every Englishman thinks about patriotism, the last refuge of a scoundrel.

Patriotism covers a multitude of sins.

Do we wish men to be virtuous? Then let us begin by making them love their country.

Patriots always talk of dying for their country but never of killing for their country.

Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious

To be a patriot, one had to say, and keep on saying, "Our Country, right or wrong, " and urge on the little war. Have you not perceived that that phrase is an insult to the nation?

A man who would sacrifice freedom for security deserves neither.

It is unquestionably true that almost any English intellectual would feel more ashamed of standing to attention during 'God save the King' than of stealing from a poor box

Our country! In her intercourse with foreign nations may she always be in the right but our country right or wrong.

I would not mind being a bit evil, for the larger good.

The line between patriot and terrorist is drawn by the historian.

Fighting corruption is not just good governance. It's self-defense. It's patriotism.

The hottest fires in hell are reserved for those who remain neutral in times of moral crisis.

We cannot have peace among men whose hearts find delight in killing any living creature.

Knowing what I do, there would be no future peace for me if I kept silent.

There are no absolute rules of conduct, either in peace or war. Everything depends on circumstances.

The first step in the evolution of ethics is a sense of solidarity with other human beings.

You cannot make yourself feel something you do not feel, but you can make yourself do right in spite of your feelings.

As long as people will shed the blood of innocent creatures there can be no peace, no liberty, no harmony between people. Slaughter and justice cannot dwell together.

for civilization to survive, the human race has to remain civilized.

We must never settle for harmony at the expense of holiness, nor for peace at the expense of principle.

There will never be any peace in the world as long as we eat animals.

I recognize that in some cases it's more important to have freedom and justice than to have peace.