Quotes About Ethics

For children to take morality seriously they must be in the presence of adults who take morality seriously. And with their own eyes they must see adults take morality seriously.

Anita Roddick was amazing. Her presence in a room was full of light, and everything she worked to achieve still resonates now.

He that offereth sacrifice of the goods of the poor is as one that sacrificeth the son in the presence of his father.

I have no love for those who consider themselves 'good people' but stand idly by as the world crumbles around them. It's not enough to personally not do damage. If you're present as someone else destroys what's around you and you do nothing, you helped them.

Choices of right or wrong are not presented to you in black and white. If they were, I'm sure most people would choose white.

If the world is presented as resources to be exploited, then, more than likely, you're going to exploit the world.

The value of an aware is inextricably linked to the character of the organization presenting it.

When you are writing something that is false and presenting it as a fact without confirming... I feel it's extremely wrong.

Prostitution presents a moral, economic and social problem that cannot be resolved juridically.

Whatever contributes to the preservation of life is good; all that destroys life is evil.

Plagiarists, at least, have the merit of preservation.

Life has an absolute value and its preservation takes precedence over other commandments.

It is far more important to me to preserve an unblemished conscience than to compass any object however great.

Sometimes when you're defending people, you have to admit there was something that's not quite right, and that preserves some credibility.

Liberty cannot be preserved, if the manners of the people are corrupted.

People of all political persuasions - conservatives, moderates, and liberals alike - need to dedicate themselves once again to preserving the moral foundation of our society.

I think maybe the people in elected positions are more interested in preserving their jobs than in doing the best job possible.

Our culture doesn't ask about preserving the essence of pig; it just asks how can we grow them faster, fatter, bigger, and cheaper. We know that's not a noble goal.

In my presidency I've been guided by what's right, not what's popular.

I think when a campaign is dishonest in the ads they run about another candidate, it diminishes the campaign, it diminishes the candidate, and it diminishes the presidency.

People who are desperate for Barack Obama to win the presidency are capable of practically anything.

There are basic lines of human decency, norms to which society generally agrees and to which we adhere, and we continue to see the Trump presidency eroding these lines.

I certainly don't think that it's the job of any journalist to make the presidency work.

In the best of circumstances, the Trump family business and questions about conflicts will be a burden to his presidency. There is no off-the-shelf ethics plan that would cover every possible conflict.