Quotes About Ethics

A man's indebtedness is not virtue; his repayment is. Virtue begins when he dedicates himself actively to the job of gratitude.

Parker Palmer observes, "A leader is a person who must take special responsibility for what's going on inside him or her self, inside his or her consciousness, lest the act of leadership create more harm than good.

In fact, if one person is unkind to an animal it is considered to be cruelty, but where a lot of people are unkind to animals, especially in the name of commerce, the cruelty is condoned and, once large sums of money are at stake, will be defended to the last by otherwise intelligent people.

I am now convinced that children should not be subjected to the frightfulness of the Christian religion [...]. If the concept of a father who plots to have his own son put to death is presented to children as beautiful and as worthy of society's admiration, what types of human behavior can be presented to them as reprehensible?

I often say that shareholders should feel very responsible for how responsive corporations are to the public trust.

No person connected with me by blood or marriage will be appointed to office.

The President...should strive to be always mindful of the fact that he serves his party best who serves the country best.

Where does it stop? You get offered money for your wedding, then for your kids, new houses, holidays... We earn enough from football and sponsorships, why do you need any more?

In fact, Saint Maxwell's received, and often accepted, applications from preschoolers slated to die criminal deaths. It was just a question of, well, the quality of the crime. You let in the cocaine overdoses; you kept out the crack overdoses.

Obeying an unjust law is itself unjust.

Before you harm life, you need a just cause.

Being just may not always be easy but it's always required.

Doing something your not supposed to do can be just as harmful as not doing something you are supposed to do.

Don't get mad at me for telling you the truth, get mad at yourself for not doing the right thing.

Earn your money in just ways and always be responsible with it.

Engross what is just, repudiate what is unjust.

Everything you do in life should be done as just as possible.

Evil has no charm, because justice has it all.

Evil offends justice and justice upsets evil.

Humanity is a disease that needs to be eradicated.

Humanity is in big trouble when adults behave like malicious teenagers and teenagers behave like malicious adults.

Just because a majority of the people vote in favor of something doesn't make it morally right, it just means a majority of the people could be corrupt.

Just because something is the law, doesn't make it right.

Justice and abuse: Justice makes life thrive while abuse deteriorates and destroys it.