Ethics Quotes

"While anonymity can be used to protect heroes, it is far more commonly used as a way to escape responsibility." "We are morphing so fast that our ability to invent new things outpaces the rate we can civilize them." "I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do because I notice it always coincides with their own desires." "There are no morals in politics; there is only expedience" "The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just" "People speak sometimes about the "bestial" cruelty of man, but that is terribly unjust and offensive to beasts, no animal could ever be so cruel as a man, so artfully, so artistically cruel." "It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself" "In the game of cricket, a hero is a person who respects the game and does not corrupt the game." "The cornerstone of character is doing the right thing when no one is watching." "To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity" "6: Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you." "A man without ethics is a wild beast loosed upon this world" "To see what is right and not to do it is want of courage." "Doing the right thing is never the wrong thing." "Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable" "Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do" "It’s better to be hanged for loyalty than be rewarded for betrayal" "The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword" "If you must break the law, do it to seize power; in all other cases observe it" "The most practical kind of politics is the politics of decency."