Quotes about Ethics

When the President does it, that means that it is not illegal.

DISCLAIMER: A society where such disclaimers are needed is saddening.

One should love animals. They are so tasty.

If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day, he is in danger of being regarded as a loafer. But if he spends his days as a speculator, shearing off those woods and making the earth bald before her time, he is deemed an industrious and enterprising citizen.

Wicked men obey from fear; good men, from love.

Well-ordered self-love is right and natural.

The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is to be one.

If we accept that a mother can kill even her own child, how can we tell other people to not kill each other? Any country that accepts abortion is not teaching its people to love, but to use any violence to get what they want.

The friendships of the world are oft confederacies in vice, or leagues of pleasures.

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.

A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all other virtues.

Think honestly. Think humbly. Think honorably. Think happily.