Quotes About Ethics

When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.

It is when the politician loves neither the public good nor himself, or when his love for himself is limited and is satisfied by the trappings of office, that the public interest is badly served.

We set sail on this new sea because there is new knowledge to be gained, and new rights to be won, and they must be won and used for the progress of all people. For space science, like nuclear science and technology, has no conscience of its own. Whether it will become a force for good or ill depends on man, and only if the United States occupies a position of preeminence can we help decide whether this new ocean will be a sea of peace or a new terrifying theater of war.

Jika politik itu kotor, puisi akan membersihkannya. Jika politik bengkok, sastra akan meluruskannya.

For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human life

That was the tragedy. Not that one man had the courage to be evil. But that millions had not the courage to be good.

Duty is but a pot. It holds whatever is put in it, from the greatest evil to the greatest good.

Everything free and decent in life is being locked away in filthy little cellars by beastly people who don't care.

The truth was she couldn't do ugly things. She was too beautiful.

That is how war corrupts us. It plays on our pride in our own free will.

The Choice Spare him till he dies. Torment him till he lives.

Asta a fost tragedia. Nu c? un om a avut curajul de a fi tic?los, dar c? milioane de oameni nu au avut curajul de a fi buni.

I had the same feeling I did when I had watched an imago emerge, and then to have to kill it. I mean, the beauty confuses you, you don't know what you want to do any more, what you should do.

I left a pause. 'You sound like a certain kind of surgeon. A lot more interested in the operation than the patient.' 'I should not like to be in the hands of a surgeon who did not take that view.

Bir zaman insanlar kendi hazlar?n? yaratabileceÄŸine inan?yordu; ÅŸimdi onlar?n bedelini ödemesi gerektiÄŸine inan?yor. Sanki çiçekler art?k tarlalarda ve bahçelerde deÄŸil de; sadece çiçekçi dükkanlar?nda yetiÅŸiyormuÅŸ gibi.

Victims? Whatever you call people who are made to suffer without being given the choice. That sounds like an excellent definition of man.

There is a common tendency to turn off one's imagination at certain points and refuse to contemplate the possibility of having to do certain things and cope with the attendant moral problems. The things simply get done by the social machine, and one can keep one's clear conscience and one's moral indignation unsullied.

The definition of integrity is this: Being what I say I am by acting in accordance with my words.

Try to leave one alive… … but do not try too hard. (The Life-Taker)

I hate the man who builds his name; On ruins of another's fame

Murder is as fashionable a crime as a man can be guilty of.

money is made for the free-hearted and generous, and where is the injury of taking from another, what he hath not the heart to make use of?

Sure, sometimes a non-angler will ask how I can stand to hook, play, and land these increasingly rare fish that I claim to love and respect so much, adding to their already heavy burden of survival. To that I can only say, "It's because life is more complicated than either of us could ever imagine." 21.

Over the past two hundred years philosophy has shaken off Christian faith. It has not given up Christianity's cardinal error -the belief that humans are radically different from all other animals.