Quotes about Ethics

A man must be willing to die for justice. Death is an inescapable reality and men die daily, but good deeds live forever.

Leadership cannot just go along to get along. Leadership must meet the moral challenge of the day.

The undiscussed truth is that Planned Parenthood still operates in line with these ideas today. Planned Parenthood clinics—and abortion clinics generally—are frequently located in inner city areas where they can prey on poor minority women, and receive public funds for doing so.

You did not kill the fish only to keep alive and to sell for food, he thought. You killed him for pride and because you are a fisherman. You loved him when he was alive and you loved him after. If you love him, it is not a sin to kill him. Or is it more?

Too much honor destroys a man quicker than too much of any other fine quality.

I'd be glad to shoot you.' 'Would you?' 'No. There's a law against it.

How many people will he feed, he thought. But are they worthy to eat him? No, of course not. There is no one worthy of eating him from the manner of his behaviour and his great dignity.

While public opinion might sway back and forth, right and wrong do not.

It is not enough to recognize what is right and true. One must control the impulse to do what is wrong and easy.

Every man of character will have that character questioned. Every man of honor and courage will be faced with unjust criticism, but never forget that unjust criticism has no impact whatsoever upon the truth. And the only sure way to avoid criticism is to do nothing and be nothing.

Does adversity build character? . . . It does not. Almost all people can stand adversity of one sort or another. If you want to test a person's character, give him power.

If you want to become a person that others want to be around, you must always hold your life to the very highest standard.