Quotes about Ethics
Unjust laws aren't laws at all.
— St. Augustine
You (God) have not only commanded continence, that is, from what things we are to restrain our love, but also justice, that is, on what we are to bestow our love.
— St. Augustine
Avoid, as you would the plague, a clergyman who is also a man of business.
— Saint Jerome
No one can harm the man who does himself no wrong.
— St. John Chrysostom
One cannot use an evil action with reference to a good intention.
— St. Thomas Aquinas
In order for a war to be just, three things are necessary. First, the authority of the sovereign. Secondly, a just cause. Thirdly, a rightful intention.
— St. Thomas Aquinas
Because of the diverse conditions of humans, it happens that some acts are virtuous to some people, as appropriate and suitable to them, while the same acts are immoral for others, as inappropriate to them.
— St. Thomas Aquinas
Justice is a certain rectitude of mind whereby a man does what he ought to do in circumstances confronting him.
— St. Thomas Aquinas
Perfection of moral virtue does not wholly take away the passions, but regulates them.
— St. Thomas Aquinas
Further, nothing, except sin, is contrary to an act of virtue. But war is contrary to peace. Therefore war is always a sin.
— St. Thomas Aquinas
To preserve health is a moral and religious duty, for health is the basis of all social virtues. We can no longer be useful when we are not well.
— Samuel Johnson
An injustice anywhere is an injustice everywhere.
— Samuel Johnson