Quotes About Ethics

As a society we can't live without moral considerations. We do have to protect the public good. And markets are not designed to do that, so we need a political process.

In Plains, I saw Jimmy Carter as he really is - a nice, decent man... in terms of compassionate contribution to society, he certainly has proven to be our best past president.

Existentialism is about being a saint without God; being your own hero, without all the sanction and support of religion or society.

When a society abandons its ideals just because most people can't live up to them, behavior gets very ugly indeed.

If we want to produce people who share the values of a democratic culture, they must be taught those values and not be left to acquire them by chance.

Chastity is the cement of civilization and progress. Without it there is no stability in society, and without it one cannot attain the Science of Life.

There's been spying for years, there's been surveillance for years, and so forth, I'm not going to pass judgement on that, it's the nature of our society.

I regard the death penalty as a savage and immoral institution that undermines the moral and legal foundations of society.

If we wish to preserve a free society, it is essential that we recognize that the desirability of a particular object is not sufficient justification for the use of coercion.

... the only argument against vivisection that will be seen to have lasting power - that we do not improve human society by means that debase human character.

Now there is a society where the funeral industry got completely out of control.

It is only when the individual is good that society will progress. When the society and the nation is based on the observance of human values.

Over all, many of society's values are a cesspool.

Junk journalism is the evidence of a society that has got at least one thing right, that there should be nobody with the power to dictate where responsible journalism begins.

The needs of a society determine its ethics.

Evil cannot be "treated" -- nor should it be. Evil has to [be] confronted and destroyed and it matters not why the evil is in play. Society has no obligation to try to rehabilitate evil.

Ninety-nine per cent of what we say is about values. I firmly believe that ethical capitalism is the best way of changing society for the better.

What standards are upheld by the scientific community affect the community internally, and also affect its relations with society at large, including Congress.

Of more worth is one honest man to society, and in the sight of God, than all the crowned ruffians that ever lived.

Our Nation is in great need of young men and women of character to lead in every arena of our society.

The defenders of decent society and the disciples of degeneracy are often the same people.

No form of violence can ever be excused in a society that wishes to call itself decent

It is only within a free society that the crucial moral features of human life can be protected and preserved

Men with the muckrake are often indispensable to the well-being of society, but only if they know when to stop raking the muck.