Quotes About Ethics

I can't take classified information that I get as a senator and give it to someone with no consequence.

The consequences of a crime should not be out of proportion to the crime itself.

So obviously, any religion embodies some form of rules and expectations for behavior, and even sometimes consequences, and they don't want to hear any of that.

I believe in rules of behavior, and I'm quite interested in stories about the consequences of breaking those rules.

Truth in our society often takes a back seat to securing gainful consequences.

Some Americans, like those working in government or nonprofits, know the consequences of having their salaries public.

There has to be measures for players to know the consequences for their actions.

Don't say things about people that aren't true... because there are consequences for that.

One of the things that I learned about myself is that I can get involved in an idea and forget, in a really terrible way, what are the actual consequences of what I'm working on?

You know, conservatism is not a bad thing. It's not a pejorative.

Conservatism by its very nature is compassionate.

If conservation isn't conservative, then words have no meaning at all.

I'm a compassionate conservative.

To kill, in war or in any circumstance, creates a silence. It is right that silence should surround the taking of life. After all, the life taken is not ours to take.

I don't know how all of my friends vote; it doesn't come up. But it would be a lie to say that I don't surround myself with people who have a similar moral code to mine.

Researchers should always consider ethical concerns on scientific research and disclose their data to the public. Scientists also need to discuss issues surrounding their research with those who are concerned.

Yes, you are under surveillance. Yes, it is odious. Yes, it should bother you. And yes, it's hard to know how to avoid it.

I can't in good conscience allow the U.S. government to destroy privacy, internet freedom and basic liberties for people around the world with this massive surveillance machine they're secretly building.

Preventing surveillance of millions of people at a time is totally within our ability.

Surveillance induced morality: relics of cultural retardation.

I don't have a problem with stepped-up surveillance as long as we follow the rule of law.

Bringing an end to mass government surveillance needs to be a central pillar of returning to the principles we have put in jeopardy in the early 21st century.

Suspicionless surveillance does not become okay simply because it's only victimizing 95% of the world instead of 100%.

The Orwellian vision was about state-sponsored surveillance. Now it's not just the state, it's your nosy neighbor, your ex-spouse and people who want to spam you.