Quotes About Ethics

The killing of a disabled person is not 'compassionate'. It is not 'euthanasia'. It is murder.

I'm a good person and that's what I am at the end of the day.

It is his restraint that is honorable to a person, not their liberty.

I think what's always been interesting to me than the science and the criminality with this job is what happens to your persona, your disposition, after day in and day out dealing with life and death.

I think there's a responsibility to any character that you play that was a living persona.

Na propriedade, como em todos os elementos econômicos, o mal ou o abuso é inseparável do bem, exatamente como na contabilidade por partidas dobradas o dever é inseparável do haver. Um engendra necessariamente o outro. Querer suprimir o abuso da propriedade é destruí-la; da mesma maneira que suprimir um artigo do débito de uma conta é destruí-lo no crédito.

Il n'y a pas de Dieu, il n'y a pas de morale, rien n'existe de tout ce qu'on nous a enseigné à respecter; il y a une vie qui passe, à laquelle il est logique de demander le plus de jouissance possible, en attendant l'épouvante finale qui est la mort.

An empty stomach knows no morality.

To-day, the man who pays taxes to the amount of two hundred francs is virtuous; the talented man is the honest pickpocket: such truths as these are accounted trivial.

All the most reasonable teachings of human wisdom concerning justice are summed up in that famous adage: Do unto others that which you would that others should do unto you; Do not unto others that which you would not that others should do unto you. But this rule of moral practice is unscientific: what have I a right to wish that others should do or not do to me? It is of no use to tell me that my duty is equal to my right, unless I am told at the same time what my right is.

When you steal from the library, you are preventing anyone else from reading that book, and the very notion makes me want to drop you in the Void.

Every person professes to love good and hate evil, but in his actions his real preferences emerges.

Decent folk had to let indecent folk do their thing; that was the paradox of decency.

?statymai, - kart? pasak? jis Džonui, - n?ra Dievo duoti, bet žmogaus sugalvoti. Pasiži?r?k gerai ? žmones, kurie juos kuria, ir pagalvok, kokiems tikslams jie tarnauja - juk dažniausiai apginti nuosavyb? t?, kurie j? turi, nuo t?, kurie jos neturi.

PRESCRIPTION A bit of virtue will never hurt you.

Hvis man regner med belønning for sin godhed, er det ikke godhed, men beregning.

Even wisdom has to yield to self-interest.

Steer your boat with justice: forge A tongue on truth's anvil.

Life is about responsibility.

Your character builds your future

If money was my only motivation, I would organize myself differently.

Justice in the life and conduct of the State is possible only as first it resides in the hearts and souls of the citizens.

Those who seek power are not worthy of that power.

The most virtuous are those who content themselves with being virtuous without seeking to appear so.