Quotes About Ethics

Good men are bound by conscience and liberated by accountability.

Dignity is the reward of holding oneself accountable to conscience

Don't throw away your freedom by stealing a handcuff."

Self-esteem does not judge conscience because it is not responsible for right and wrong."

The conscience that only thinks about appearance does not suffer the consequence."

The day will come when people will be prosecuted for doing good.

The thief thinks it right to steal, but thinks it wrong to be robbed.

Conscience cannot convince self-esteem of bad character.

Three quarters of these people know Instinctively what ought to be The nature of society And how they'd live there if they could. If it were easy to be good, And cheap, and plain as evil, how, We all would be its members now...

A man without mysticism becomes a monster.

Self-respect cannot be hunted. It cannot be purchased. It is never for sale. It cannot be fabricated out of public relations. It comes to us when we are alone, in quiet moments, in quiet places, when e suddenly realize that, knowing the good, we have done it; knowing the beautiful, we have served it; knowing the truth we have spoken it.

We create an environment where it is alright to hate, to steal, to cheat, and to lie if we dress it up with symbols of respectability, dignity and love.

Our ability to create has outreached our ability to use wisely the products of our invention.

A cynic had defined aid as simply the system by which poor white people in rich countries gave money to rich black people in poor countries to put into Swiss bank accounts.

No profit was too small to despise; no loss was too small to abhor.

A man follows the path laid out for him. He does his duty to God and his King. He does what he must do, not what pleases him. God's truth, boy, what kind of world would this be if every man did what pleased him alone? Who would plough the fields and reap the harvest, if every man had the right to say, 'I don't want to do that.' In this world there is a place for every man, but every man must know his place.

Robin Hood was also a terrorist ? but he had some style and a little class.

Power, no matter what kind of power it is, without a foundation in truth, is a dictatorship, more or less and in one way or another, for it is always based on man's fear of the social responsibility and personal burden that "freedom" entails.

The socially irresponsible man is the man absorbed in sexual conflicts.

Hitler'cilerin milyonlarca in?am öldürmelerinden sonra, kalkm?? onlar? as?yorsun. Milyonlar? öldürmelerinden önce neredeydin peki, o vakit ne dü?ünüyordun? Düzinelerle ceset oturup dü?ünmen için yeterli neden de?il miydi? ?nsanl???n?n k?p?rdanmas? için milyonlarca ceset mi gerekliydi?

Cellatlar?n?n ipine ko?up idam edilece?ine, insan ya?am?n?n ve iyi ?eylerin korunmas? için bir yasa yarat.

However great an evil immorality may be, we must not forget that it is not without its beneficial consequences. It is only through extremes that men can arrive at the middle path of wisdom and virtue.

To judge a man means nothing other than to ask: What content does he give to the form of humanity? What concept should we have of humanity if he were its only representative?

Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions.