Ethics Quotes

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To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men. — Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live. — Oscar Wilde
Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people whom we personally dislike. — Oscar Wilde
The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable and literature is not read. — Oscar Wilde
Having George W. Bush giving a lecture on business ethics is like having a leper give you a facial, it just doesn't work! — Robin Williams
We tell lies when we are afraid... afraid of what we don't know, afraid of what others will think, afraid of what will be found… — Tad Williams
I'm very much a Christian in ideals and ethics, especially in terms of belief in fairness, a deep set obligation to others, and the virtues… — E. O. Wilson
A very Faustian choice is upon us: whether to accept our corrosive and risky behavior as the unavoidable price of population and economic growth, or… — E. O. Wilson
In some ways, I had a traditional 'old South' upbringing, meaning that I spent some time in a military school, and acquired an inoculum of… — E. O. Wilson
Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not. — Oprah Winfrey
Ethics is not routinely taught to science students except in medicine, and I think it should be. — Robert Winston
People don't understand that when I grew up, I was never the most talented. I was never the biggest. I was never the fastest. I… — Tiger Woods
If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people. — Virginia Woolf
True independence and freedom can only exist in doing what's right. — Brigham Young
It may not have the virtuous ring of the golden rule, but the maxim 'never say never' is one of the most important in ethics. — Julian Baggini
I maintain the importance of an absolute prohibition against torture, while acknowledging that even absolute prohibitions can sometimes be broken. If that is a contradiction,… — Julian Baggini
Across professions, consistency is a direct product of work ethic. — Harsha Bhogle
You have just dined, and however scrupulously the slaughterhouse is concealed in the graceful distance of miles, there is complicity. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The thinking (person) must oppose all cruel customs, no matter how deeply rooted in tradition and surrounded by a halo. When we have a choice,… — Albert Schweitzer
To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it. — Gilbert K. Chesterton

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