--- title: "10 Ethical People Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 10 Ethical People quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Ethical People sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74e/marc-andreessen-2948_broken_rule-1-all-rules-can-be-broken-many-ex-l_3166680.png" --- > [Rule 1: All rules can be broken. Many (ex-legal and ethical) should be. Most people won't.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-andreessen/rule-1-all-rules-can-be-broken-many-ex-legal-and-ethical-should-be/) [Marc Andreessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-andreessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74e/marc-andreessen-2948_broken_rule-1-all-rules-can-be-broken-many-ex-l_3166680.png) > [I don't think ethical people deal with intimidation as a method to achieve success. Undermining someone's self-esteem isn't a method to achieve…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dominique-moceanu/i-don-t-think-ethical-people-deal-with-intimidation-as-a-method-to/) [Dominique Moceanu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dominique-moceanu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80d/dominique-moceanu-14690_achieve_i-don-t-think-ethical-people-deal-with-i_370063.png) > [“Thinking like ethical people, dressing like ethical people, decorating our homes like ethical people makes not a damn of difference unless we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-monbiot/thinking-like-ethical-people-dressing-like-ethical-people-decorating/) [George Monbiot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-monbiot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e59/george-monbiot-2762_172_thinking-like-ethical-people-dressing-li_2578633.png) > [All ethical people strive to choose "right" over "easy" when confronted by situations that force them to choose one or the other.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derrick-bell/all-ethical-people-strive-to-choose-right-over-easy-when-confronted/) [Derrick Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derrick-bell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c99/derrick-bell-16993_character_all-ethical-people-strive-to-choose-righ_1347014.jpg) > [People of poor character tend to blame their choices on circumstances. Ethical people make good choices regardless of circumstances. If they make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-c-maxwell/people-of-poor-character-tend-to-blame-their-choices-on-circumstances/) [John C. Maxwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-c-maxwell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/43b/john-c-maxwell-113_blame_people-of-poor-character-tend-to-blame-t_2337925.jpg) > [Even if the most ethical people were elected to high position and we ran out of resources, there would still be lying,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacque-fresco/even-if-the-most-ethical-people-were-elected-to-high-position-and-we/) [Jacque Fresco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacque-fresco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/955/jacque-fresco-1644_character_even-if-the-most-ethical-people-were-ele_2015419.png) > [Look, in any system, you want highly ethical people who really understand issues to form policies and make tough decisions. You need…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jamie-dimon/look-in-any-system-you-want-highly-ethical-people-who-really/) [Jamie Dimon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jamie-dimon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14c/jamie-dimon-1320_character_look-in-any-system-you-want-highly-ethic_1060744.jpg) > [Those of us who believe in God and derive our sense of right and wrong and ethics from God's Word really have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-carson/those-of-us-who-believe-in-god-and-derive-our-sense-of-right-and/) [Benjamin Carson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-carson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/002/benjamin-carson-955_believe_those-of-us-who-believe-in-god-and-deriv_2430332.jpg) > [If you think about the kind of people you want to have in this country, you want people who are hardworking, people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-kennedy-montgomery/if-you-think-about-the-kind-of-people-you-want-to-have-in-this/) [Lisa Kennedy Montgomery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-kennedy-montgomery/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/edf/lisa-kennedy-montgomery-7020_country_if-you-think-about-the-kind-of-people-yo_1594818.jpg) > [“Of course, these women ought to have listened when he told them he wasn't looking for anything serious. But on a certain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adelle-waldman/of-course-these-women-ought-to-have-listened-when-he-told-them-he/) [Adelle Waldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adelle-waldman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/792/adelle-waldman-26847_quote_of-course-these-women-ought-to-have-list_605691.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ethical-people/#itemlist", "name": "Ethical People Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Rule 1: All rules can be broken. Many (ex-legal and ethical) should be. 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You need all the right people in the room. 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People who believe in survival of the fittest might have more difficulty deriving where their ethics come from. 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But on a certain level, it didn't really matter if it was stupid of them. Ethical people don't take advantage of other people's weakness; that's like being a slumlord or a price gouger. 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