Ethics Quotes

"Subtlety may deceive you; integrity never will."

"Ethics and equity and the principles of justice do not change with the calendar."

"Relativity applies to physics, not ethics"

"Integrity has no need of rules."

"The nations morals are like its teeth, the more decayed they are the more it hurts to touch them"

"A man without ethics is a wild beast loosed upon this world."

"No artist has ethical sympathies. An ethical sympathy in an artist is an unpardonable mannerism of style."

"I am persuaded there is among the mass of our people a fund of wisdom, integrity, and humanity which will preserve their happiness in a tolerable measure"

"The main object of conciliation lies in reaching a solution to a case based upon morals and with a warm heart"

"Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind."

"The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home."

"In civilized life, law floats in a sea of ethics."

"Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right."

"Calamity is the test of integrity."

"Good are the Ethics, I wis; good absolute, not for me, though; / Good, too, Logic, of course; in itself, but not in fine weather."

"If you're guided by a spirit of transparency, it forces you to operate with a spirit of ethics. Success comes from simplifying complex issues, address problems head on, be truthful and transparent. If you open yourself up to scrutiny, it forces you to a higher standard. I believe you should deliver on your promise. Promise responsibly."

"It's time for Senator Reid to stop the charade, cut a $68,000 check, and pronounce his ethics crusade dead in the water."

"As a fund-raising strategy, it makes sense. As a matter of ethics, it looks terrible."

"I think the Ethics Commission didn't give proper consideration to the investigation previously done by the deputy city manager, which concluded that he acted within the discretion given to him as chief of police in both instances."

"The Society of Professional Journalists in their code of ethics says that journalists should avoid conflicts of interest real or perceived. Clearly it would be a conflict of interest for anyone acting in a journalism capacity to simultaneously be serving as a public servant."