Ethical Quotes

528 Ethical quotes by 398 unique authors

If you don't have integrity, you have nothing. You can't buy it. You can have all the money in the world, but if you are… — Henry Kravis
I was raised with no religious training or influence. Except the influence was to be a moral and ethical person at the secular level. And… — Anne Lamott
Ethical decisions ensure that everyone's best interests are protected. When in doubt, don't. — Harvey Mackay
In politics, it seems, retreat is honorable if dictated by military considerations and shameful if even suggested for ethical reasons. — Mary McCarthy
It is an open question whether any behavior based on fear of eternal punishment can be regarded as ethical or should be regarded as merely… — Margaret Mead
Here's what I don't think works: An economic system that was founded in the 16th century and another that was founded in the 19th century.… — Michael Moore
Every night I go over what I did in the day, in ethical or moral terms. Have I treated people properly? Did I tell the… — Jeanne Moreau
A lot of people have culturally induced ethical blindness, but they can be cured! — Ingrid Newkirk
The American people voted to restore integrity and honesty in Washington, D.C., and the Democrats intend to lead the most honest, most open and most… — Nancy Pelosi
To date, embryonic stem cell research has not produced a single medical treatment, where ethical, adult stem cell research has produced some 67 medical miracles. — Mike Pence
I'm very involved with PETA - People for Ethical Treatment of Animals - and Greenpeace and a lot of women's shelter and clothing giveaways. — Unknown Author
I know how easy it is for one to stay well within moral, ethical, and legal bounds through the skillful use of words - and… — Sidney Poitier
Islam, the third in historical sequence of the ethical monotheistic religions of the Near East, was very successful in establishing its monotheism, but had only… — Carroll Quigley
I think our people in Britain have a normative expectation of ethical conduct. — Jonathan Sacks
A man is truly ethical only when he obeys the compulsion to help all life which he is able to assist, and shrinks from injuring… — Albert Schweitzer
A man is ethical only when life, as such, is sacred to him, that of plants and animals as that of his fellow men, and… — Albert Schweitzer
The truth is, hardly any of us have ethical energy enough for more than one really inflexible point of honor. — George Bernard Shaw
We should aim for our children to be good people, and to live ethical lives that manifest concern for others as well as for themselves. — Peter Singer
At the descriptive level, certainly, you would expect different cultures to develop different sorts of ethics and obviously they have; that doesn't mean that you… — Peter Singer
My work is based on the assumption that clarity and consistency in our moral thinking is likely, in the long run, to lead us to… — Peter Singer
In a situation where many national leaders do the same thing and look out for national interests, and with an issue like global warming, you're… — Peter Singer
It seems that if you put people on paper and move them through time, you cannot help but talk about ethics, because the ethical realm… — Zadie Smith
I think we need to take responsibility for the things we put on this planet, and also take responsibility for the things we take off… — Steven Spielberg
Mr. Speaker, the fact of the matter is that the Ten Commandments are a historical document that contains moral, ethical, and legal truisms that any… — Cliff Stearns
Being an economist is the least ethical profession, closer to charlatanism than any science. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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