Quotes About Ethics

Virtuous people often revenge themselves for the constraints to which they submit by the boredom which they inspire.

He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it.

Look not at what is contrary to propriety; listen not to what is contrary to propriety; speak not what is contrary to propriety; make no movement which is contrary to propriety.

Fidelity to conscience is inconsistent with retiring modesty. If it be so, let the modesty succumb. It can be only a false modesty which can be thus endangered.

Those who have virtue always in their mouths, and neglect it in practice, are like a harp, which emits a sound pleasing to others, while itself is insensible of the music.

The police must obey the law while enforcing the law.

While technology is important, it's what we do with it that truly matters.

CCTV is seen either as a symbol of Orwellian dystopia or a technology that will lead to crime-free streets and civil behaviour. While arguments continue, there is very little solid data in the public domain about the costs, quantity and effectiveness of surveillance.

While it is well enough to leave footprints on the sands of time, it is even more important to make sure they point in a commendable direction.

I always tell people that religious institutions and political institutions should be separate. So while I'm telling people this, I myself continue with them combined. Hypocrisy!

While that amendment failed, human cloning continues to advance and the breakthrough in this unethical and morally questionable science is around the corner.

While academic abilities remain integral, it is the work ethics that form the soul of the business.

Because of the diverse conditions of humans, it happens that some acts are virtuous to some people, as appropriate and suitable to them, while the same acts are immoral for others, as inappropriate to them.

As we know, while our species remains alive, everybody has the sacred duty to be optimistic. Ethically, any other behaviour wouldn't be admissible.

You can hype a questionable product for a little while, but you'll never build an enduring business.

The spine of the FBI is the rule of law. The spine of the FBI is a commitment to doing the right thing, in the right way, while protecting civil liberties.

I would never kill a living thing, although I probably have inadvertently while driving automobiles.

If there is a person behaving more destructively in popular culture than Mario Lavandeira, I cannot think of one. He has used cruelty as a crass mechanism to build up his own celebrity and has utilized political correctness to protect himself while using it as a weapon to dehumanize those he doesn't agree with.

Whether it's corporate investigations or comedy, there are certain inherent truths to trying to get what you want while trying to be a decent person doing it.

I am not a hypocrite to wear gloves while shaking hands with the people who come to meet me. But I like to maintain personal hygiene and take care of myself when I am not at work.

A vocation is a noble thing and not to be subverted by the whims of politicians.

The decision on how philanthropic money is spent is made on the whims and personal interests of the wealthy, rather than what is best.

You can't create a monster, then whine when it stomps on a few buildings.

I hated cracking the whip, and these juries turn into political things.