Quotes About Ethics

For the most part, I think American armies are awfully good in the business of protecting civilians, of not going over the line.

There's nothing wrong with being an innovator, but how do you innovate? Are you just destroying the place, or are you protecting the place?

Protecting the sanctity of life is a matter of principle.

The Attorney General of the United States is, of course, not the president's lawyer. The AG is supposed to be the attorney for the United States, protecting the rule of law.

In consumer protection, you can say it hurts business; that is, it makes them comply with the law, which is actually what we want them to do, but it helps consumers.

Romania will not be able to evolve if it continues to take cruel decisions against sensitive creatures, which are under the protection of European law.

The real debate is, when does life begin? When life begins, it deserves protection.

There is not adequate whistleblower protection.

Whistleblowers deserve protection, but employees are not federal agents.

Prosperity is the best protector of principle.

The responsibility of a minister is to step aside when there is a criminal investigation of the department. That protects the propriety of Parliament and of responsible government.

Given the fact that we are in a capitalist society, we still do not want to overlook not only what a corporation produces and its profitability but also how it impacts the environment, touches human life and whether it protects or undermines the dignity of the human person.

Fortified plant-based milks are delicious and contain all the calcium, protein, and vitamin D of dairy products but with none of the cholesterol, lactose, hormones, or cruelty found in cow's milk.

In terms of personal choices, let's all think more carefully about where we get our protein from.

In the absurd idiocy of identity regressive politics, looting is seen as protest, and protecting one's own property is seen as privilege.

I want to be proud of this country, but when aspects of our policy don't align with my ethics, I want to protest them and try to change them.

My understanding of environmentalism, of the things that radicalize people, of the ethics and effectiveness of different kinds of social protest have definitely become more nuanced and more informed, but they aren't much clearer.

If players want to protest, let them do it on their own time and on their own dime.

When we were doing 'My Three Sons,' I appeared in the movie 'The Apartment.' I played a married businessman who kept a mistress on the side and treated her rather poorly. It was a good movie and a good role, and I thought it would be fun. But you should have seen the letters of protest I got over that.

In common with all Protestant or Jewish cultures, America was developed on the idea that your word is your bond. Otherwise, the frontier could never have been opened, 'cause it was lawless. A man's word had to mean something.

Protesting against illegal activity is not piracy.

Environmental degradation has one cause above all others: the propensity of human beings to take the benefit and leave the costs to someone else, preferably someone far away in space or time, whose protests can be safely ignored.

Cheating is nothing to be proud of.

If you don't pay bribes, people think you're odd. It's very sad. I cannot say that I'm proud to be an Indonesian. This is one of the most corrupt countries in the world.