ethics

"The essential characteristic of the first half of the twentieth century is the growing weakness, and almost the disappearance, of the idea of value."

"Your works are wonderful, O Lord! In the multitude of Thy virtues you measure those who despise you."

"If ignorance and passion are the foes of popular morality, it must be confessed that moral indifference is the malady of the cultivated classes. The modern separation of enlightenment and virtue, of t…"

"The State has the obligation to prohibit certain business activities in order to protect the lives and welfare of the population."

"Speed is scarcely the noblest virtue of graphic composition, but it has its curious rewards. There is a sense of getting somewhere fast, which satisfies a native American urge."

"It should be remembered that men of courage, integrity, and principle can stand up to Big Brother and resist the headlong march into economic tyranny."

"Remorse is the echo of a lost virtue."

"By the mid-’90s, the anger at men had become so palpable that even sedate publications like The Economist were characterizing women’s vs. men’s workload as “A woman’s work is never done; a man is drun…"

"Slavery can only be abolished by raising the character of the people who compose the nation; and that can be done only by showing them a higher one."

"Seek to be strong not only physically but also morally."

"Capitalism is based on self-interest and self-esteem; it holds integrity and trustworthiness as cardinal virtues and makes them pay off in the marketplace, thus demanding that men survive by means of …"

"While the crash only took place six months ago, I am convinced we have now passed the worst and with continued unity of effort we shall rapidly recover. There is one certainty of the future of a peopl…"

"In a country where the sole employer is the state, means death by slow starvation. The old principle: 'who does not work shall not eat,' has been replaced with a new one: 'who does not obey shall not …"

"The Bush Administration do have moral values. Their moral values are very explicit: shine the boots of the rich and the powerful, kick everybody else in the face, and let your grandchildren pay for it…"

"Until I was 25, 1 had one tooth missing. When George Ogilvie cast me, he asked me about it, and I told him the story and that I thought it was very false of me to go and get a tooth cap. He was very n…"

"The good citizen need not of necessity possess the virtue which makes a good man."

"There is no choice but the Sunnah and following it. And analogy should only be based on comparing something to an established principle . But to come to the principle and demolish it and then say this…"

"Down through the ages, presidents and princes around the world have been murderers and accessories to murder, as...documented in...masterwork Power and Morality. One of the... main findings was that t…"

"It is plain that the present system of intensive farming cannot be defended. … Let us then be vegetarians, at least. For those who have recognized flesh-eating for what it is, the merest addiction, an…"

"With regard to politics and the character of princes and great men, I think I am very moderate. My views of things are more conformable to Whig principles; my representation of persons to Tory prejudi…"