Quotes About Ethics

A journalist can make or break a case, in a way, because they can figure out things the police can't, or they can destroy people's lives.

In high school, a teacher's friend in the police department asked me to go into a bar and flash a fake ID saying I was 21 even though I wasn't. They were assuming the bar wasn't carding people. Anyway, she forgot to ask for it back. I used it all freshman year in college.

I wouldn't want to have the thought police going to people's homes, dictating what they teach their children. I don't want to be Big Brotherish. I would hate that.

Police have to have one of the most difficult jobs in society today. But at the same time, I think, a person in that position - their responsibility has to be high as well.

The gun dealer is not only paying these two police officers, but more importantly, the gun dealer has said he will never again sell more than one gun to a customer. This is exactly what we're trying to get the gun industry across the country to do.

There is nothing more unaesthetic than a policeman.

Corruption is the by-product of discretion when there is scope for interpretation of policies.

Human and moral factors must always be considered. They must never be missing from policies and from public discussion.

I happen to agree with many of President Obama's policies, but in our system, it is often as important how you do something as what you do.

The U.S. should worry about the effects of its polices on the rest of the world. We would like to live in a world where countries take into account the effect of their policies on other countries and do what is right, broadly, rather than what is just right given the circumstances of that country.

There is a crisis of public morality. Instead of policing bedrooms, we ought to be doing a better job policing boardrooms.

Abhorrence of apartheid is a moral attitude, not a policy.

As a high-fashion model, I have long had a policy of no nudity or partial nudity in my photo shoots.

I have a policy of not saying anything negative about anything another magician does.

It's one thing to be religious, but it's another thing to make religion your policy.

There is no polite way to say that business is destroying the world.

Personally, I don't want to do a lot of angel deals in a year. I get approached a lot. I'm becoming less and less polite, which doesn't seem to be helping. A lot of the things I get pitched on are from people who just want to make money.

Politeness is only one half good manners and the other half good lying.

Everything isn't political.

I'm not a political guy.

I do object to those who jump from political hackery to flackery and expect respect.

I'm not being cynical, but I have to find work that is allowing me to pay bills and keep our lives going in a way that we're used to and trying not to betray my political beliefs while I'm doing it. Listen, it's a tough thing to do.

My political beliefs are my moral, quasi-religious framework.

I do not want to be a pawn in a political campaign.