Quotes About Ethics

Any war that requires the suspension of reason as a necessity for support is a bad war.

The desire for success lubricates secret prostitution in the soul.

Churchill replied: "To fire willfully[23] on women and children is a disgraceful act, and I am surprised you do not order the officers responsible to be tried by court

War is a profane thing.

Remember for whom you work: whether you work for a private company, a large corporation, or yourself, true disciples understand that he or she ultimately is working for God. 'Whatever your task, put yourselves into it, as done for the Lord and not for your masters , since you know that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward ; you serve the Lord Christ '" Col. 3:23-24

The saddest day of your life isn't when you decide to sell out. The saddest day of your life is when you decide to sell out and nobody wants to buy.

It ain't power that corrupts, it's the changes you put your head through getting it.

I'd rather see America save her soul than her face.

The secret of a good life is to have the right loyalties and hold them in the right scale of values.

The secret of a good life is to have the right loyalties and to hold them in the right scale of values.

I am a profoundly anti-juridical man. . . . I have neither any sense of law or need for law.

Ra?iunea practic? este fantezie creatoare pur?.

Virtue is what happens when wise and courageous choices have become second nature

Pobre y desnuda vas, filosofía, dice la turba atenta al vil negocio.

È nelle pieghe di quelle attività considerate superflue, infatti, che possiamo percepire lo stimolo a pensare un mondo migliore, a coltivare l'utopia di poter attenuare, se non cancellare, le diffuse ingiustizie e le penose disuguaglianze che pesano (o dovrebbero pesare) come un macigno sulle nostre coscienze.

There is no well-defined boundary between honesty and dishonesty. The frontiers of one blend with the outside limits of the other, and he who attempts to tread this dangerous ground may be sometimes in one domain and sometimes in the other.

All of us have to be prevaricators, hypocrites, and liars every day of our lives; otherwise the social structure would fall into pieces the first day. We must act in one another's presence just as we must wear clothes. It is for the best

Any man who has got himself set over others and don't have any responsibility to something bigger than him is a son of a bitch.

Is not the semblance of guilt, however slight the tinge, already a corruption?

Kendi sorunlar?n? çözemeyen bir ki?inin, kusurlar?n?n ac?s?n? ba?kalar?na çektirmeye hakk? yoktur.

?nsan hayat?nda bir ki?iye olsun yalan söylememeli. De?il mi efendim?

To take something from a person and keep it for oneself: that is robbery. To take something from one person and then turn it over to another in exchange for as much money as you can get: that is business. Robbery is so much more stupid, since it is satisfied with a single, frequently dangerous profit; whereas in business it can be doubled without danger.

Si infâmes que soient les canailles, elles ne le sont jamais autant que les honnêtes gens.

Civilization is the way one's own people live. Savagery is the way foreigners live.