Ethics Quotes

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Conscience is the chamber of justice. — Origen
Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
It makes no difference whether a good man has defrauded a bad man, or a bad man defrauded a good man, or whether a good… — Aristotle
Letting a maximum number of views be heard regularly is not just a nice philosophical notion. It is the best way any society has yet… — Ben Bagdikian
Many things in life are not fair but all things should be. — Michael Josephson
It is much more difficult to know what is fair than what is unfair — Michael Josephson
Rise above principle and do what is right. — Unknown Author
A great deal may be done by severity, more by love, but most by clear discernment and impartial justice. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
It is a terrible, an inexorable law that one cannot deny the humanity of another without diminishing one's own: in the face of one's victim,… — James A. Baldwin
It is a good thing to demand liberty for ourselves and for those who agree with us, but it is a better thing and a… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
Good manners and soft words have brought many a difficult thing to pass. — John Vanbrugh
The lowest standards of ethics of which a right-thinking man can possibly conceive is taught to the common soldier whose trade is to shoot his… — Clarence Darrow
In struggling for human dignity the oppressed people of the world must not allow themselves to become bitter or indulge in hate campaigns. To retaliate… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
There is an ancient Indian saying: "We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children." If we use this… — Patricia Schroeder
A land ethic for tomorrow should...stress the oneness of our resources and the live-and-help-live logic of the great chain of life. — Stewart Udall
The flame of Christian ethics is still our highest guide. — Winston Churchill
Political parties has nothing to do with religious problems, as long as these are not alien to the nation, undermining the morals and ethics of… — Adolf Hitler
The more abstractly correct and hence powerful this idea will be, the more impossible remains its complete fulfillment as long as it continues to depend… — Adolf Hitler
Already a couple of the faithful have sent in checks for a foundation memorial to the innocents who perished at the hands of the ninja… — Jeff Cooper
From the Vedas we learn a practical art of surgery, medicine, music, house building under which mechanized art is included. They are encyclopedia of every… — William James

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