Quotes about Ethics
No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expedience.
— Theodore Roosevelt
In any situation, the best thing you can do is the right thing; the next best thing you can do is the wrong thing; the worst thing you can do is nothing.
— Theodore Roosevelt
A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.
— Theodore Roosevelt
A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.
— Theodore Roosevelt
The great lawyer who employs his talent and his learning in the highly emunerative task of enabling a very wealthy client to override or circumvent the law is doing all that in him lies to encourage the growth in the country of a spirit of dumb anger against all laws and of disbelief in their efficacy.
— Theodore Roosevelt
If given the choice between Righteousness and Peace, I choose Righteousness.
— Theodore Roosevelt
No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expediency.
— Theodore Roosevelt
No man should receive a dollar unless that dollar has been fairly earned.
— Theodore Roosevelt
No man is above the law, and no man is below it.
— Theodore Roosevelt
Justice consists not in being neutral between right and wrong, but finding out the right and upholding it, wherever found, against the wrong.
— Theodore Roosevelt
To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society.
— Theodore Roosevelt
In any situation, the best thing you can do is the right thing. The second best thing is the wrong thing. The worst thing you can do is nothing.
— Theodore Roosevelt