Quotes About Ethics

Choose the life that is noblest, for custom can make it sweet to thee.

Someone who really wants to discover themselves has to be particularly careful about the use and abuse of power. But even your average human being just passing through another life has to be careful.

You cannot be in a position of power and destroy the life of another person.

By respect for life we become religious in a way that is elementary, profound and alive.

A long life in journalism convinced me many presidents ago that there should be a large air space between a journalist and the head of a state.

When does life begin? When does the soul enter? That's a religious question. Science is not going to be able to help with that.

Things are coming to a pretty pass when religion is allowed to invade private life.

Just as he who gives his life to serve a great idea is admirable, he who avails himself of a great idea to serve his personal hopes of glory and power is abominable, even if he too risks his life.

It is better to lose everything you have to keep the balance of justice level, than to live a life of petty privilege devoid of true freedom.

In the mind of Bill Clinton, political considerations outweigh even life-and-death matters of great concern to his own law-enforcement officials, not to mention the nation.

I happen to be pro-life.

Human life is held in much higher esteem, and the taking of it, whether in private quarrel or by judicial procedure, is looked upon much more seriously than it was formerly.

Life means nothing to you, at least that's what they say. But it doesn't mean that you have the right to take life away.

Mine honour is my life; both grow in one; Take honour from me, and my life is done.

That lies should be necessary to life is part and parcel of the terrible and questionable character of existence.

Every philosophy is the philosophy of some stage of life.

Honesty prospers in every condition of life.

While we ourselves are the living graves of murdered animals, how can we expect any ideal living conditions on this earth?

Mortals are easily tempted to pinch the life out of their neighbour's buzzing glory, and think that such killing is no murder.

States should have the right to enact laws... particularly to end the inhumane practice of ending a life that otherwise could live.

If it was necessary to tolerate in other people everything that one permits oneself, life would be unbearable.

They (the Rothschilds) have never dreamed of being ashamed of their wealth nor of disguising their way of life, no more than they have ever failed to assume their roles and responsibilities as Jews.

When lending people money, be sure their character exceeds their collateral.

But the truth of the matter is, to live a good life, as a good person, it doesn't matter how you got there. It just matters that you do.