We are justified in enforcing good morals, for they belong to all mankind; but we are not justified in enforcing good manners, for good manners always mean our own manners.

To prefer evil to good is not in human nature; and when a man is compelled to choose one of two evils, no one will choose the greater when he might have the less.

We cannot always oblige; but we can always speak obligingly.

Conscience is a mother-in-law whose visit never ends.

One who is injured ought not to return the injury, for on no account can it be right to do an injustice; and it is not right to return an injury, or to do evil to any man, however much we have suffered from him.

An individual’s refusal to carry out the criminal acts of his government sets the stage, in the most effective way possible, for the attempt to demonstrate the criminal nature of these acts.

A man should be upright, not be kept upright.

Force always attracts men of low morality.

I’ve learned people are watching, so don’t do nothing stupid.

Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.

I think God gives every one of us our own will, and unfortunately, some people choose to do evil things with it.

Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those who we cannot resemble.

There are some people, you know, they think the way to be a big man is to shout and stomp and raise hell-and then nothing ever really happens. I’m not like that I never shoot blanks.

I think you have a moral responsibility when you’ve been given far more than you need, to do wise things with it and give intelligently.

Everyone who wants to do good to the human race always ends in universal bullying.

I should like to know what is the proper function of women, if it is not to make reasons for husbands to stay at home, and still stronger reasons for bachelors to go out.

To be ashamed of one’s immorality: that is a step on the staircase at whose end one is also ashamed of one’s morality.

Some animals are cunning and evil-disposed, as the fox; others, as the dog, are fierce, friendly, and fawning. Some are gentle and easily tamed, as the elephant; some are susceptible of shame, and watchful, as the goose. Some are jealous and fond of ornament, as the peacock.

Laws control the lesser man… Right conduct controls the greater one.

If co-operation is a duty, I hold that non-co-operation also under certain conditions is equally a duty.

I don’t see myself as beautiful, because I can see a lot of flaws. People have really odd opinions. They tell me I’m skinny, as if that’s supposed to make me happy.

What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy?

I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.

Wherever there is interest and power to do wrong, wrong will generally be done.

Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.

The desire to annoy no one, to harm no one, can equally well be the sign of a just as of an anxious disposition.

Let’s pray that the human race never escapes from Earth to spread its iniquity elsewhere.

Of all virtues and dignities of the mind, goodness is the greatest, being the character of the Deity; and without it, man is a busy, mischievous, wretched thing.

In the game of cricket, a hero is a person who respects the game and does not corrupt the game. The one who doesn’t or corrupts the game, they are the villain. They should be punished, and they have been punished in the past.

A businessman is the only man who is forever apologizing for his occupation.

I am prepared to die, but there is no cause for which I am prepared to kill.

I know of only one duty, and that is to love.

The love of economy is the root of all virtue.

In the ’50s, too many women, even though they were very smart, they tried to make the man feel that he was brainier. It was a sad thing.

In honorable dealing you should consider what you intended, not what you said or thought.

Good is positive. Evil is merely privative, not absolute: it is like cold, which is the privation of heat. All evil is so much death or nonentity. Benevolence is absolute and real. So much benevolence as a man hath, so much life hath he.

The more things are forbidden, the more popular they become.

You cannot mix sports with politics.

There are very few people who are going to look into the mirror and say, ‚That person I see is a savage monster;‘ instead, they make up some construction that justifies what they do.

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life – in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do as well as to talk; and to make our words and actions all of a color.

As we know, while our species remains alive, everybody has the sacred duty to be optimistic. Ethically, any other behaviour wouldn’t be admissible.

May you live your life as if the maxim of your actions were to become universal law.

Shame may restrain what law does not prohibit.

Saints should always be judged guilty until they are proved innocent.

Repeal the Missouri Compromise – repeal all compromises – repeal the Declaration of Independence – repeal all past history, you still cannot repeal human nature. It will be the abundance of man’s heart that slavery extension is wrong; and out of the abundance of his heart, his mouth will continue to speak.

Judges should avoid commenting on a candidate for public office.

Although modesty is natural to man, it is not natural to children. Modesty only begins with the knowledge of evil.

Of the billionaires I have known, money just brings out the basic traits in them. If they were jerks before they had money, they are simply jerks with a billion dollars.

The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.

We all have done something unethical.

It takes two to make a murder. There are born victims, born to have their throats cut, as the cut-throats are born to be hanged.

We just seem to have lost all our morals and principles and values these days.

To live outside the law, you must be honest.

It’s very strange to go to cities like London and New York. People walk so quickly, they seem to be in a hurry all the time. And you don’t say ‚Hi‘ to everyone you meet, and you don’t smile to everyone you meet, because there’s just so many. Which is also very strange.

I always invest my own money in the companies that I create. I don’t believe in the whole thing of just using other people’s money. I don’t think that’s right. I’m not going to ask other people to invest in something if I’m not prepared to do so myself.

There’s no difference between one’s killing and making decisions that will send others to kill. It’s exactly the same thing, or even worse.

The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort.

If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.

I can analyze people’s intentions. Immediately. That’s just a warning. To everyone.

The purposes of the United States should not be doubted. The Security Council resolutions will be enforced – the just demands of peace and security will be met – or action will be unavoidable. And a regime that has lost its legitimacy will also lose its power.

Because of lack of moral principle, human life becomes worthless. Moral principle, truthfulness, is a key factor. If we lose that, then there is no future.