Ethics Quotes

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Responsibility is the price of freedom. — Elbert Hubbard
Honesty pays, but it doesn't seem to pay enough to suit some people. — Kin Hubbard
Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions, and can never pretend to any other office than to serve and obey… — David Hume
The rules of morality are not the conclusion of our reason. — David Hume
Teach a child what is wise, that is morality. Teach him what is wise and beautiful, that is religion! — Thomas Huxley
There is not a truth existing which I fear... or would wish unknown to the whole world. — Thomas Jefferson
Never look down on anybody unless you're helping him up. — Jesse Jackson
Be yourself. Above all, let who you are, what you are, what you believe shine through every sentence you write, every piece you finish. — John Jakes
An act has no ethical quality whatever unless it be chosen out of several all equally possible. — William James
The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government. — Thomas Jefferson
Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government. — Thomas Jefferson
Money, not morality, is the principle commerce of civilized nations. — Thomas Jefferson
Every man has the right to life, to bodily integrity. — Pope John XXIII
The vote is the most powerful instrument ever devised by man for breaking down injustice and destroying the terrible walls which imprison men because they… — Lyndon B. Johnson
It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust. — Samuel Johnson
Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful. — Samuel Johnson
Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame. — Erica Jong
In law a man is guilty when he violates the rights of others. In ethics he is guilty if he only thinks of doing so. — Immanuel Kant
Morality is not the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy, but how we may make ourselves worthy of happiness. — Immanuel Kant
Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved. — Helen Keller

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