Ethics Quotes

"Sincerity makes the very least person to be of more value than the most talented hypocrite" "It is not well to make great changes by severe means unless the end really justifies the measure" "We cannot expect people to have respect for law and order until we teach respect to those we have entrusted to enforce those laws" "Morality is temporary, wisdom is permanent" "We do things because they are just and right" "A wrong is unredressed when retribution overtakes its redresser." "The corruption of the best things gives rise to the worst" "Heaven and Hell suppose two distinct species of men the good and the bad But the greatest part of mankind float between vice and virtue" "Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it" "The essence of government is power and power lodged as it must be in human hands will ever be liable to abuse " "The function of evil is to divide, separate" "I prefer an ugly truth to a pretty lie" "A clear conscience is the sure sign of a bad memory" "I wished to tell the truth, for truth always conveys its own moral to those who are able to receive it" "Purity in body and in soul may please some" "Science enhances the moral environment." "Belief in free will is ubiquitous but problematic." "Always do everything you ask of those you command" "Aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something " "Behind every form of evil in our society is the loss of a sense of God"