Quotes about Ethical Standards
The political and commercial morals of the United States are not merely food for laughter, they are an entire banquet.
— Mark Twain
I have a higher and grander standard of principle than George Washington. He could not lie; I can, but I won't.
— Mark Twain
Cruelty practiced as a matter of social principle or public policy, and presented to the community as a means to a higher goal is the most obscene and decadent phenomenon of any civilization.
— Vernon Howard
Run for office? No. I've slept with too many women, I've done too many drugs, and I've been to too many parties.
— George Clooney
A unjust law, is no law at all.
— Martin Luther
A person who has no standard to live by other than the culture of the moment is a person whose principles might as well come from the latest public opinion polls.
— Mike Huckabee
the Moral Law is not always the standard by which we treat others, but it is nearly always the standard by which we expect others to treat us.
— Norman Geisler
“These are the ordinances that you are to set before them:
— Exodus 21:1
You must not lie with a man as with a woman; that is an abomination.
— Leviticus 18:22
But you are to keep My statutes and ordinances, and you must not commit any of these abominations—neither your native-born nor the foreigner who lives among you.
— Leviticus 18:26
You must not steal. You must not lie or deceive one another.
— Leviticus 19:11
You must not use dishonest measures of length, weight, or volume.
— Leviticus 19:35