Quotes About Ethics

To be good, we must do good; and by doing good we take a sure means of being good, as the use and exercise of the muscles increase their power.

Nothing discloses real character like the use of power.

The philosophers Camus and Sartre raise the question whether or not a man can condemn himself.

SMU: 'It's unbelievable to think that kind of corruption came right from the top of the power structure. The NCAA did what it had to do' in canceling SMU's 1988 football season.

Always we must bear in mind that law has to be substituted for power, that care must be taken to serve the interests of law.

I often say of George Washington that he was one of the few in the whole history of the world who was not carried away by power.

The only justification in the use of force is to reduce the amount of force necessary to be used.

No man deserves to be praised for his goodness, who has it not in his power to be wicked. Goodness without that power is generally nothing more than sloth, or an impotence of will.

All political power is a trust.

A good character carries with it the highest power of causing a thing to be believed.

The attitude of wanting to win-doing everything in your power except cheating to win.

A just man is not one who does no ill, But he, who with the power, has not the will.

Public morals are natural complement of all laws they are by themselves an entire code.

What will be left of the power of example if it is proved that capital punishment has another power, and a very real one, which degrades men to the point of shame, madness, and murder?

We should have a strong president. Strong enough to resist the temptation of taking power that a president shouldn't have.

Those who really deserve praise are the people who, while human enough to enjoy power, nevertheless pay more attention to justice than they are compelled to do by their situation.

I am compelled to fear that science will be used to promote the power of dominant groups rather than to make men happy.

I have come to regard the law courts not as a cathedral but rather as a casino.

Don't be intimidated by power, wealth or station, character alone makes all the difference.

You cannot affirm the power plant and condemn the smokestack, or affirm the smoke and condemn the cough

Wherever there is power, there is very great responsibility to utilize it properly.

Power lacks moral or principles. It only has interests.

Didn't Gandalf say "With great power comes great responsibility"? (If it wasn't Gandalf, maybe it was Thomas Jefferson. Or Spider-Man's uncle.)

The surest way to reveal one's character is not through adversity but by giving them power.