Quotes About Ethics

A lie should be tried in a place where it will attract the attention of the world.

I think I have gone through my entire public career never telling a lie. I have made mistakes but I never knowingly lied.

A likable character isn't one who does nothing wrong.

I am open and will continue to be open to ways to limit abortion. What I am not open to is to removing the right.

There's no statute of limitations on doing what's right.

We need to build an India that is an economic leader as well as a moral exemplar. For us, those two touchstones can never be separate. They are and must forever be linked.

I will never, ever support a law that could clearly lead to an abuse of power just because of some lip service assuring me that it won't be used that way. To me, that's not enough.

With certain rapturous exceptions, literature is the moral life.

I cannot pass by seeing a child shouted at, and people dropping litter. I'm terrible for intervening. There's nothing worse than busybodies like me. I should learn to mind my own business.

Live life to make an honest difference.

I will not lobby. I will not be an influence-type lawyer. I'm a professional lawyer.

A local company has more accountability.

Buy locally where possible, but if you can't get the very best locally, don't buy locally. Buy it from where it is best.

Those who misspent the government's money, they should be arrested and locked up.

We didn't have locks in the early 1940s because nobody got into anybody's house, and nobody did anything wrong.

You can't mix your personal feelings up with your job or it'll hurt you in the long run.

For-profit long-term care absolutely needs to go.

Anybody who doesn't know that politics is crime has got a few screws loose.

You give up a lot being an atheist.

Often, the people who speak loudest about republican values are the least when it comes to honouring them.

You must never lower yourself to being a person you don't like.

When you can't be loyal to your friends, I don't like that world.

The lure of post-public service lobbying employment needs to be eliminated.

How the hell can I ask people who work for me to travel cheaply if I travel in luxury? It's a question of good leadership.