Quotes about Ethics
Nature soaks every evil with either fear or shame.
— Tertullian
You can judge the quality of their faith from the way they behave. Discipline is an index to doctrine.
— Tertullian
No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expedience.
— Theodore Roosevelt
In any situation, the best thing you can do is the right thing; the next best thing you can do is the wrong thing; the worst thing you can do is nothing.
— Theodore Roosevelt
A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.
— Theodore Roosevelt
A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.
— Theodore Roosevelt
The great lawyer who employs his talent and his learning in the highly emunerative task of enabling a very wealthy client to override or circumvent the law is doing all that in him lies to encourage the growth in the country of a spirit of dumb anger against all laws and of disbelief in their efficacy.
— Theodore Roosevelt
If given the choice between Righteousness and Peace, I choose Righteousness.
— Theodore Roosevelt
No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expediency.
— Theodore Roosevelt
No man should receive a dollar unless that dollar has been fairly earned.
— Theodore Roosevelt
No man is above the law, and no man is below it.
— Theodore Roosevelt
Justice consists not in being neutral between right and wrong, but finding out the right and upholding it, wherever found, against the wrong.
— Theodore Roosevelt