Ethics Quotes

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For every problem, there is a solution that is simple, neat, and wrong. — H. L. Mencken
Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Rather than bring the full force of our creativity and rationality to bear on the problems of ethics, social cohesion, and even spiritual experience, moderates… — Sam Harris
For somehow this is tyranny's disease, to trust no friends. — Aeschylus
We don't set out to save the world; we set out to wonder how other people are doing and to reflect on how our actions… — Pema Chodron
Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind. Absolve you to yourself, and you shall have the suffrage of the world. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
There is nothing divine about morality, it is a purely human affair. — Albert Einstein
Morality cannot be legislated, but behavior can be regulated. Judicial decrees may not change the heart, but they can restrain the heartless. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
The disappearance of a sense of responsibility is the most far-reaching consequence of submission to authority. — Stanley Milgram
Ethics, too, are nothing but reverence for life. This is what gives me the fundamental principle of morality, namely, that good consists in maintaining, promoting,… — Albert Schweitzer
Trust only movement. Life happens at the level of events, not of words. Trust movement. — Alfred Adler
They cannot take away our self respect if we do not give it to them. — Mahatma Gandhi
My choice early in life was either to be a piano player in a whorehouse or a politician. And to tell the truth, thereâ€™s hardly… — Harry S. Truman
Every age has its massive moral blind spots. We might not see them, but our children will. — Unknown Author
We have in fact, two kinds of morality, side by side: one which we preach, but do not practice, and another which we practice, but… — Bertrand Russell
Never support two weaknesses at the same time. It's your combination sinners - your lecherous liars and your miserly drunkards - who dishonor the vices… — Thornton Wilder
Politicians were mostly people who'd had too little morals and ethics to stay lawyers. — George R. R. Martin
The minute you get away from fundamentals â€“ whether its proper technique, work ethic or mental preparation â€“ the bottom can fall out of your… — Michael Jordan
Hope has two beautiful daughters; their names are Anger and Courage. Anger at the way things are, and Courage to see that they do not… — Saint Augustine
In order to live, man must act; in order to act, he must make choices; in order to make choices, he must define a code… — Ayn Rand

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