Quotes about Ethics
Learn what is true in order to do what is right.
— Thomas Henry Huxley
Justice is truth in action.
— Benjamin Disraeli
In matters of truth and justice, there is no difference between large and small problems, for issues concerning the treatment of people are all the same.
— Albert Einstein
The lover wants no partiality. He says, Be so kind as to be just.
— Henry David Thoreau
Let no one go hungry away. If any of the kind of people should be in want of corn, supply their necessities, provided it does not encourage them in idleness.
— George Washington
If I did not believe in God, I should still want my doctor, my lawyer and my banker to do so.
— GK Chesterton
Someone must stand up to those who say, "Here's the key, there's the Treasury, just take as many of those hard-earned tax dollars as you want."
— Ronald Reagan
He that has once concluded it lawful to resist power, when it wants merit, will soon find a want of merit, to justify his resistance to power.
— Samuel Johnson
Whatever a man wants badly and persistently enough will determine the man's character.
— AW Tozer
If there is anything I hate in a woman, it's want of character.
— George Bernard Shaw
If we are honest and fair, then we are known by that. If we are not, alas, we are known by that as well. What we want to do is do right, but you have to say it, you have to show it, and not stop.
— Maya Angelou
Slander is worse than cannibalism.
— St. John Chrysostom