Quotes About Ethics

If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.

I've only slept with men I've been married to. How many women can make that claim?

I say I dont sleep with married men, but what I mean is that I dont sleep with happily married men.

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.

A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all other virtues.

After my sister Sandra was born the doctors there per formed a hysterectomy on my mother, in fact sterilizing her without her permission, which was common at the time, and up to just a few years ago, so that it is hardly worth mentioning. In the opinion of some people, the fewer Indians there are, the better. As Colonel Chivington said to his soldiers: "Kill 'em all, big and small, nits make lice!

I do what I do without hope of reward or fear of punishment. I do not require Heaven or Hell to bribe or scare me into acting decently.

You know what? I really resent the idea that the only reason someone might be good or moral is because they're religious. I do what I do," Anne said, biting off each word, "without hope of reward or fear of punishment. I do not require heaven or hell to bribe or scare me into acting decently, thank you very much.

Taking another life, she had whispered, even a guilty one, should never be easy. If it were, we'd be little more than animals.

I would never betray Venda." "Sometimes we're all pushed to do things we thought we could never do.

It doesn't matter how rich or important you are. Everyone's in the same boat. And medical resources and costs are kept under control." "What about brains?" Ethan asks. "What are they worth?" "Brains are pretty much illegal.

This was something I'd never been trained for. There were no military strategies or drills to prepare me for the daily torment of not killing someone.

Taking a life, even a guilty one, should never be easy. If it were, we'd be little more than animals.

Killing in the name of war was one thing. Killing one's own kin was quite another.

Killing is different from thinking about killing.

The problem is, some people think they're above the law. There are plenty of good reasons why we have so much regulation.

We all have a dark place in us. It's what we do with it and the choices we make.

Tomar a vida de outra pessoas, ela havia sussurrado, até mesmo sendo alguém culpado, nunca deve ser fácil. Se fosse, seríamos um mais do que animais

We all of us deserve happiness or none of us does.

It's a poor sort of man who will kick his own dog." "Don't worry about it. It's pretty clear that you're forgiven.

Find a better excuse, or learn better behavior.

The cue allows more flexibility and control. But I imagine you'll prefer the mace—it's more moral." Clare's dark brows arched. "How can one piece of wood be more moral than another?

Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist.

An idle brain is the Devil's workshop, they say. It is an absurdly incongruous statement. If the Devil is at work in a rain it certainly is not idle.