Philosophy & Thought: Ethics & Morality Quotes

"The time has come for all good men to rise above principle"

Huey Long, Politician

Mark Thomas, Comedian

"There is really no right and wrong. I recognize no right and wrong"

Mary MacLane, Writer

"The right way is not always the popular and easy way. Standing for right when it is unpopular is a true test of moral character"

Margaret Chase Smith, Politician

"Cruelty is a part of nature, at least of human nature, but it is the one thing that seems unnatural to us"

Robinson Jeffers, Poet

"If people knew how KFC treats its chickens, they'd never eat another drumstick"

Pamela Anderson, Actress

"Dawn was written well before 9/11. People speak a lot today about the banality of evil, but not all evil is banal. Some of it is carefully structured and well-thought-out. That's where the real danger lies"

Alan Dean Foster, Author

"One of the great problems with Americans is that - being a decent people - they assume that everyone else is equally decent"

Meir Kahane, Clergyman

"Principles are a dangerous form of social dynamite"

Katharine Anthony, Writer

"According to this way of arguing, there will be no true principles in the world; for there are none but what may be wrested and perverted to serve bad purposes, either through the weakness or wickedness of men"

Jonathan Mayhew, Clergyman

"I am convinced that people with such wounds will be quite ready to co-operate in a safe and painless experiment in the interests of humanity as a whole"

Robert Barany, Scientist

"The ways in which people treat animals will be reflected in how people relate to one another"

William Greider, Author

"A man of personality can formulate ideals, but only a man of character can achieve them"

Herbert Read, Poet

"I did not use paint, I made myself up morally"

Eleanora Duse, Actress

"Greed has taken the whole universe, and nobody is worried about their soul"

Little Richard, Musician

"Anyone can be a barbarian; it requires a terrible effort to remain a civilized man"

Leonard Woolf, Author

"The permissive society has been allowed to become a dirty phrase. A better phrase is the civilised society"

Roy Jenkins, Politician

"One leak will sink a ship: and one sin will destroy a sinner"

John Bunyan, Clergyman

"And, if there was any responsibility in refusing to obey, he was willing to accept it"

John Bigelow, Lawyer

"Is it sin, which makes the worm a chrysalis, and the chrysalis a butterfly, and the butterfly dust?"

Max Muller, Educator

"Before you do anything, you need to know if it's right or wrong"

Andy Lau, Actor

"Of what value is a mind when placed in the brain of a coward? If mind is a gift of God to man for his use, let him use it. A mind is not in use when doing no good"

Andrew Taylor Still, Scientist

"I hate liberality - nine times out of ten it is cowardice, and the tenth time lack of principle"

Henry Addington, Statesman

"The right to do something does not mean that doing it is right"

William Safire, Author

"Man differs more from Man than Man from Beast"

John Wilmot, Writer

"Good and evil do not exist for me any more. The fear of evil is merely a mass projection here and on Earth"

Hans Bender, Psychologist

"I don't know of anybody's political bias at CBS News. We try very hard to get any opinion that we have out of our stories, and most of our stories are balanced"

Lesley Stahl, Journalist

"My doctrine is this, that if we see cruelty or wrong that we have the power to stop, and do nothing, we make ourselves sharers in the guilt"

Anna Sewell, Writer

"Morality may consist solely in the courage of making a choice"

Leon Blum, Politician

"Man must search for what is right, and let happiness come on its own"

Johann Pestalozzi, Educator

"I believe firmly that in making ethical decisions, man has the prerogative of true freedom of choice"

Corliss Lamont, Philosopher

"The idea that we cause harm by doing what we perceive to be the right thing, that's another theme that interests me. Because most people don't intend to cause harm, they cause harm by doing the right thing - in their mind"

Andrew McCarthy, Actor

"If you can kill animals, the same attitude can kill human beings. The mentality is the same which exploits nature and which creates wars"

Satish Kumar, Activist

"Our fear of hypocrisy is forcing us to live in a world where gluttons are fine, so long as they champion gluttony"

Jonah Goldberg, Celebrity

"Science by itself has no moral dimension. But it does seek to establish truth. And upon this truth morality can be built"

William Masters, Scientist

"To save an animal's life in order that it may suffer indefinitely is something I would never condone"

Louis Leakey, Scientist

"Sir Hugh Greene is the man I hold most responsible for the state of our country today. For 11 years hardly a week went by without a sniping reference to me. And he gave access to anyone who was prepared to say anything morally subversive"

Mary Whitehouse, Activist

"Beauty is but the sensible image of the Infinite. Like truth and justice it lives within us; like virtue and the moral law it is a companion of the soul"

George Bancroft, Historian

"Sometimes, if you wear suits for too long, it changes your ideology"

Joe Slovo, Politician

"Stupidity always accompanies evil. Or evil, stupidity"

Louise Bogan, Poet

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