ethics Quotes

Shame may restrain what law does not prohibit.

There is no moral precept that does not have something inconvenient about it.

We are far more liable to catch the vices than the virtues of our associates.

Morals are in all countries the result of legislation and government; they are not African or Asian or European: they are good or bad.

If you desire to be good, begin by believing that you are wicked.

We tell lies, yet it is easy to show that lying is immoral.

What is the society we wish to protect? Is it the society of complete surveillance for the commonwealth? Is this the wealth we seek to have in common - optimal security at the cost of maximal surveillance?

Hotel rooms inhabit a separate moral universe.

A free press needs to be a respected press.

Conscience is our unerring judge until we finally stifle it.