Stripped of ethical rationalizations and philosophical pretensions, a crime is anything that a group in power chooses to prohibit. — Freda Adler Copy Share Image
Change is scientific; progress is ethical; change is indubitable, whereas progress is a matter of controversy. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
The issue of transsexualism is an ethical one that has profound social and moral ramifications. — Janice Raymond Copy Share Image
Iran rejects weapons of mass destruction based on its belief system, its religious belief system, as well as its ethical standpoint. — Hassan Rouhani Copy Share Image
Character is ethical and moral strength. People of good character have the moral awareness and strength to know the good, love the… — Michael Josephson Copy Share Image
Banks need to think through their ethics very carefully, and many have done so. I dont know any bank that dismisses the… — Justin Welby Copy Share Image
Good is a product of the ethical and spiritual artistry of individuals; it cannot be mass-produced. — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
To have a sense of sin means to feel guilty at there being an ethical choice to make, a guilt which, however… — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
“... Ethical cyberexplorers are responsible, yeah? We are friendly ghosts in the machine, not poltergeists or hooligans. We are a growing breed.… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
My mind was by no means easy about the need to carry out a clandestine action in the sovereign territory of a… — Isser Harel Copy Share Image
An organization filled with honest, motivated, connected, eager, learning, experimenting, ethical and driven people will always defeat the one that merely has… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
I enjoy the optimism of design, even though we can see it as doomed. But I'm telling most people that I'm not… — Momus Copy Share Image
Technologists provide tools that can improve people's lives. But I want to be clear that I don't think technology by itself improves… — Jaron Lanier Copy Share Image
I would say you have an ethical obligation to pay the taxes that you owe, but you don't have an ethical obligation… — John Mackey Copy Share Image
Among religions in this country which do not teach what would generally be considered a belief in the existence of God are… — Hugo Black Copy Share Image
Many Americans hunger for a different kind of society - one based on principles of caring, ethical and spiritual sensitivity, and communal… — Michael Lerner Copy Share Image
My ethical naturalism sees us as facing the predicament of being social animals without evolved adaptations that make social life easy. The… — Philip Kitcher Copy Share Image
Modern societies accepted the treasures and the power offered them by science. But they have not accepted - they have scarcely even… — Jacques Monod Copy Share Image
Throughout the history of commercial life nobody has ever quite liked the commission man. His function is too vague, his presence always… — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
All media work us over completely. They are so pervasive in their personal, political, economic, aesthetic, psychological, moral, ethical, and social consequences… — Marshall McLuhan Copy Share Image
Failure to summon forth the courage to risk a nondogmatic and nonevasive stance on such crucial existential matters can also blur our… — Stephen Batchelor Copy Share Image
An Albanian’s house is the dwelling of God and the guest.’ Of God and the guest, you see. So before it is… — Ismail Kadaré Copy Share Image
Robert Torricelli, a powerful fund-raiser who helped raise more than $100 million for the Democratic party, took inappropriate gifts from a businessman,… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
The Conservation Buck Challenge was designed to engage and mobilize the hunting community to preserve the outdoor experience for future generations. Our… — Gary Morris Copy Share Image
Integrity and being ethical is one of Affectiva's core values. This means we hold the highest standards for all we do, especially… — Rana el Kaliouby Copy Share Image
It is possible to believe in progress as a fact without believing in progress as an ethical principle; but in the catechism… — Norbert Wiener Copy Share Image
The obligation of every ethical management is to make sure we optimize the long-term value of the company. — Jeff Bewkes Copy Share Image
Well, I believe in the idea of 'normal' in the way that I believe in the idea of logic. Or the idea… — Richard Ford Copy Share Image
“When growth becomes a supreme good, unrestricted by any other ethical considerations, it can easily lead to catastrophe.” — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
I believe that we as the leader of the Free World must provide important leadership on the ethical parameters, the ethical constraints… — Ron Kind Copy Share Image
“The moral is that the shape of a society must depend on the ethical nature of the individual and not on any… — William Golding Copy Share Image
Prudence is one of the virtues which were called cardinal by the ancient ethical writers. — William Fleming Copy Share Image
It is the mark of the cultured man that he is aware of the fact that equality is an ethical and not… — Ashley Montagu Copy Share Image
Only he is a truly ethical, a truly human being, who has the courage to see through his own religious feelings and… — Ludwig Feuerbach Copy Share Image
As politics is disconnected from its ethical and material moorings, it becomes easier to punish and imprison young people than to educate… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
What our species needs, above all else, is a generally accepted ethical system that is compatible with the scientific knowledge we now… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
[There is] an increasing tendency among modern men to imagine themselves ethical because they have delegated their vices to larger and larger… — Reinhold Niebuhr Copy Share Image
“As humanity becomes more numerous and interwoven, living respectfully with diversity is not just an ethical choice, it is a practical imperative.… — Ken Robinson Copy Share Image
“Christians do not restrict their moral horizons to immediate results; they make their ethical decisions from an eternal perspective (p. 52).” — D.A. Carson Copy Share Image
In general, I think you can watch a movie in two different ways. One is the ethical point of view, one is… — Pierfrancesco Favino Copy Share Image