Quotes about Ethics

You can commit injustice by doing nothing.

Be not as one that hath ten thousand years to live death is nigh at hand while thou livest, while thou hast time, be good.

Justice is the crowning glory of the virtues.

Virtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and moderation and reason.

According to the law of nature it is only fair that no one should become richer through damages and injuries suffered by another.

Justice consists in doing no injury to men decency in giving them no offense.

A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all other virtues.

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.

For there is but one essential justice which cements society, and one law which establishes this justice. This law is right reason, which is the true rule of all commandments and prohibitions. Whoever neglects this law, whether written or unwritten, is necessarily unjust and wicked.

Politicians are not born; they are excreted.

What is morally wrong can never be advantageous, even when it enables you to make some gain that you believe to be to your advantage. The mere act of believing that some wrongful course of action constitutes an advantage is pernicious.

Stupidity is the same as evil if you judge by the results.