Ethics Quote by Philip Roth

“Society's law was lax compared to the law of conscience”

— Patricia Highsmith

“We think ourselves possessed, or, at least, we boast that we are so, of liberty of conscience on all subjects, and of the right…

— John Adams

“Obedience to authority does not absolve you of guilt if your actions are immoral. We”

— David A. Wells

“... a good conscience is never lawless in the worst regulated state, and will provide those laws for itself, which the neglect of legislators…

— Henry Fielding

“...freedom of conscience does not mean being uncontrolled - we have to control ourselves and at times submit to others...”

— John Geddes

“The law's a necessary evil--we canna be doing without it--but do ye not think it a poor substitute for conscience?”

— Diana Gabaldon

“I decline to be a slave to precedents or practice I cannot understand or defend on a moral basis”

— Mahatma Gandhi

“Natural law is superior as it allows for the pursuit of virtue genuinely initiated from within and themselves.”

— Patrick Mendis

“Laws control the lesser man. Right conduct controls the greater.”

— Mark Twain

“the exercise of authority was not an easy business, especially if those who exercised it no longer felt they had heaven on their side.…

— Paul Scott

“There is no guilt greater than to sanction ambition;”

— Lao Tzu

“We must abandon our belief that human choice denigrates the Rule of Law.”

— Philip K. Howard