Quotes About Ethics

Buy your fair-trade coffee beans by all means, but don't assume fair-trade principles govern the conditions of the men who fetch it to you. You would be mistaken.

We don't expect every operator to be Christian, but we tell them we do expect them to operate on Christian principles.

One never knows whether people have principles on principle or whether for their own personal satisfaction.

Principles are a dangerous form of social dynamite.

You have to maintain your principles but have a broader appeal.

My father taught me that you have to stand by your principles.

So I think ethics is the broader thing that's less focused on prohibitions and is more perhaps looking at principles and questions and ideas about how to live your life.

You've got to be known for what you're running on, what principles.

I've laid down my set of principles, so I will not force government-run health care on anyone.

If principles don't determine what you are going to pass or do, then power will.

I put my country and my principles first.

If you're operating from strong principles, you can compromise when the person on the other side is operating from principles you respect.

Throughout my career, I have lived by the principles of personal honor and professional integrity.

Whatever my faults, I have some principles.

I should not deal with things that aren't founded on ethical principles, because that's not who I am as a human being.

We should not fear what our country was built on: a set of Judeo-Christian principles.

I get along with people. But I don't sacrifice my principles either.

I'm pretty well grounded in Christian principles.

Compromise for compromise sake is never good, unless it is grounded in principles.

I love fighting. I want to fight, but there are principles in this game. You've got to have morals. I'm not just going to fight fights to fight to get nowhere.

I think to keep my principles. To keep my principles, I think, is the most important thing. Every day, everyone change. It's normal, but your principle never can change.

I am very loyal to my principles.

I'm not gonna change my principles. I'm not gonna change anything just to make money.

I will not ever change my principles. I will not do it. We have a 'how.' This is the most important thing we have - the 'how' we do things. Our style, our ideas, our principles with our mistakes that we have to correct.