Quotes about Ethics
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
I mean in the South African case, many of those who were part of death squads would have been respectable members of their white community, people who went to church on Sunday, every Sunday.
— Desmond Tutu
Prevention of birth is a precipitation of murder.
— Tertullian
Responsibility is the price of freedom.
— Elbert Hubbard
What does it mean to be a conservative? I don't even know anymore. I know what it means to me. It means to me, personal responsibility. That if I've done something wrong, its up to me to pay the price. It's up to me to make it right.
— Glenn Beck
Ethics and equity and the principles of justice do not change with the calendar.
— DH Lawrence
We need to have business leaders who live by deep, strong principles.
— Stephen Covey
Compromise for compromise sake is never good, unless it is grounded in principles.
— Pramila Jayapal
I am very, very proud to say that I am pro-life.
— Donald Trump
I will always find a defense for characters, and that's why it's fun playing characters that are morally ambiguous, or are at least perceived superficially as being problematic.
— Damian Lewis
Excessive literary production is a social offense.
— George Eliot
Two of the many areas of conflict between Judeo-Christian values and leftism concern the separation between the holy and the profane and the separation between humans and animals.
— Dennis Prager