Quotes about Ethics
A good man, is a good man, whether in this church, or out of it.
— Brigham Young
Conscience in the soul is the root of all true courage. If a man would be brave, let him learn to obey his conscience.
— James Freeman Clarke
God has sometimes converted wickedness into madness; and it is to the credit of human reason that men who are not in some degree mad are never capable of being in the highest degree wicked.
— Edmund Burke
You cannot make men good by law.
— CS Lewis
Only the just man enjoys peace of mind.
— Epicurus
If a superior give any order to one who is under him which is against that man's conscience, although he do not obey it yet he shall not be dismissed.
— St. Francis Of Assisi
The honor of a nation is its life.
— Alexander Hamilton
Legalism at one extreme (keep all the rules) and license at the other (reject any rules) are both completely wrong answers to the question of how Christians should live.
— Christopher Wright
An Israelite could not have sung the familiar song 'God is so good, God is so good, God is so good, he's so good to me' (though the words echo the Psalms) without being reminded also of its ethical consequence: 'God asks me to show that goodness to others.
— Christopher Wright
For myself, I was bitterly opposed to the measure, and to this day regard the war, which resulted, as one of the most unjust ever waged by a stronger against a weaker nation. It was an instance of a republic following the bad example of European monarchies, in not considering justice in
— Ulysses S. Grant
Morality is truth in full bloom.
— Victor Hugo
But secondly you say 'society must exact vengeance, and society must punish'. Wrong on both counts. Vengeance comes from the individual and punishment from God.
— Victor Hugo