Ethics Quotes

"It is not enough to teach our young people to be successful. So are the mafia and drug cartels. We must teach our children that there is no shame in failing; there is only shame in failing to try" "There’s only two people in your life you should lie to… the police and your girlfriend." "I do respect people's faith, but I don't respect their manipulation of that faith in order to create fear and control." "I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it is for or against" "I think the first duty of society is justice" "The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer" "Your own conscience is the only thing you've got to answer to" "When it comes to human dignity, we cannot make compromises" "The man who is admired for the ingenuity of his larceny is almost always rediscovering some earlier form of fraud." "Beauty is as beauty does" "If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it." "Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought" "A society will be judged on the basis of how it treats its weakest members and among the most vulnerable are surely the unborn and the dying" "The truth is not always the same as the majority decision" "It is the duty of every man to uphold the dignity of every woman" "The unexamined life is not worth living" "Those who fight corruption should be clean themselves." "You cannot make a good deal with a bad person" "Anyone who claims to be a leader must speak like a leader. That means speaking with integrity and truth." "The ends justify the means"