Quotes About Ethics

Qual é o princípio ético?". De repente, como um relâmpago, apareceu na sua cabeça a expressão: "reverência pela vida". Tudo o que é vivo deseja viver. Tudo o que é vivo tem o direito de viver. Nenhum sofrimento pode ser imposto sobre as coisas vivas, para satisfazer o desejo dos homens.

our hearts bleed because we hear of a beached whale while the next minute we're baying for the blood of someone who stole the last shopping trolley.

What is so 'only' about 'yourself'? Is not the first thing one has to learn in this respect that to do something for yourself--I mean, the right kind of thing--is just as valuable and ethical than to do it for somebody else? Wouldn't you say that the good feeling we get simply because we did 'it' (whatever) for somebody else is cheating, in that it postpones the question: what is it good for?

Je zlem poddat se aktivn? nebo pasivn? zlu jako jeho nástroj, jeho pozorovatel nebo jeho ob??.

Power without responsibility - the prerogative of the harlot throughout the ages

Lesser breeds without the Law.

The sin ye do by two and two ye must pay for one by one.

What you do when you don't have to, determines what you will be when you can no longer help it.

We're not afraid of sanctions. We're not afraid of military invasion. What frightens us is the invasion of western immorality.

It is not illegal for an adult male to 'thigh' or enjoy a young girl who is still in the age of weaning; meaning to place his penis between her thighs, and to kiss her.

remember that people need only be told as much of the truth as they are entitled to know

You cannot be politically correct in a war.

And that, to me, embraces the very soul of the most important commandment you'll find anywhere in your Principles of Successful Termination : 'Do in others as you would have others do you in.

In both religion and science, some people are dishonest, exploitative, incompetent and exhibit other human failings.

Character matters; leadership descends from character.

I'm pro-choice. But I hope that choice will be life.

It's easy to rob a greedy man, because he deserves to be robbed; it's easy to rob a rich man, because he can afford to be robbed; but it's difficult to rob a poor man, even one who really doesn't care if he's robbed

It is supposed to be in very bad taste to discuss a person behind his back; and to discuss a dead person behind his back is most unfair, for he cannot even retaliate.

If, by telling a lie, one can make someone happy, why not tell the damn lie?

Is the perfect murder ever possible?

the hunting of animals was distasteful to me. Live and let live was always my creed.

You don't have to lie if you know how to withhold the truth.

A group of politicians deciding to dump a President because his morals are bad is like the Mafia getting together to bump off the Godfather for not going to church on Sunday.

Except for politics, no business is scrutinized more exhaustively than journalism.