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• The involuntary character of psychiatric treatment is at odds with the spirit and ethics of medicine itself.

  Kate Millett

  Character, Medicine, Odds

  Kate Millett (1990). “The Loony-bin Trip”, p.312, University of Illinois Press

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• We don't think of ourselves as do-gooders or altruists. It's just that somehow we're trying our best to be run with some sense of moral compass even in a business environment that is growing.

  Craig Newmark

  Running, Thinking, Trying

  "CRAIGSLIST / On the record: Craig Newmark". The SFGATE Interview, www.sfgate.com. August 15, 2004.

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• Ethics must be reintroduced to public service to restore people's faith in government. Without such faith, democracy cannot flourish. Your ambitious agenda is filling a desperate need.

  Walter Cronkite

  Integrity, Government, People

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• Having George W. Bush giving a lecture on business ethics is like having a leper give you a facial, it just doesn't work!

  Robin Williams

  Funny, Business, Humor

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• Ethics is the activity of man directed to secure the inner perfection of his own personality.

  Albert Schweitzer

  Men, Perfection, Personality

  Albert Schweitzer (2015). “The Light Within Us”, p.30, Open Road Media

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• Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way.

  Aristotle

  Integrity, Destiny, Men

  Socrates, Plato, Aristotle (1967). “Wit and Wisdom of Socrates, Plato, Aristotle: Being a Treasury of Thousands of Glorious, Inspiring and Imperishable Thoughts, Views and Observations of the Three Great Greek Philosophers, Classified Under about Four Hundred Subjects for Comparative Study”

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• Freedom is the natural condition of the human race, in which the Almighty intended men to live. Those who fight the purpose of the Almighty will not succeed. They always have been, they always will be beaten.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Business, Fighting, Men

  Abraham Lincoln, Mario Matthew Cuomo, G. S. Boritt (2004). “Lincoln on Democracy”, p.200, Fordham Univ Press

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• Everybody's worried about stopping terrorism. Well, there's a really easy way: stop participating in it.

  Noam Chomsky

  War, Stopping, Way

  "Power and Terror: Noam Chomsky in Our Times". Documentary, www.imdb.com. 2002.

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• To me, it really seems visible today that ethics is not something exterior to the economy, which, as technical matter, could function on its own; rather, ethics is an interior principle of the economy itself, which cannot function if it does not take account of the human values of solidarity and reciprocal responsibility.

  Pope Benedict XVI

  Responsibility, Matter, Today

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

  D. H. Lawrence

  Ethical Principles, Justice, Judging

  "Medical Ethics and Humanities". Book by Frederick Adolf Paola, Robert Walker, Lois LaCivita Nixon, March 9, 2010.

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• The act of willing this or that, of choosing among various courses of conduct, is central in the realm of ethics.

  Corliss Lamont

  Realms, Willing, Courses

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• I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.

  George Washington

  Trust, Hope, Truth

  George Washington, Stephen Lucas (1999). “The Quotable George Washington: The Wisdom of an American Patriot”, p.46, Rowman & Littlefield

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• Ethics is not for wimps. It's not easy being a good person. That's why it's such a lofty goal and an admirable achievement

  Michael Josephson

  Goal, Achievement, Wimps

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• I was raised by free-spirited people, though my father gave me a very strong work ethic.

  Diane Lane

  Strong, Father, People

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• Integrity has no need of rules.

  Albert Camus

  Honesty, Integrity, Needs

  Albert Camus (2012). “The Myth of Sisyphus: And Other Essays”, p.66, Vintage

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• There are ten commandments, right? Well, it's like an exam. You get eight out of ten, you're just about top of the class.

  Mordecai Richler

  Eight, Class, Morality

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• Compassion is the basis of morality.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Forgiveness, Wise, Ignorance

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• The character ethic, which I believe to be the foundation of success, teaches that there are basic principles of effective living, and that people can only experience true success and enduring happiness as they learn and integrate these principles into their basic character.

  Stephen Covey

  Believe, Character, People

  Stephen R. Covey (1994). “Daily Reflections for Highly Effective People: Living THE SEVEN HABITS OF HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE Every Day”, p.3, Simon and Schuster

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• A people and their religion must be judged by social standards based on social ethics. No other standard would have any meaning if religion is held to be necessary good for the well-being of the people.

  B. R. Ambedkar

  People, Social, Standards

  Dr B.R. Ambedkar (2014). “Annihilation of Caste”, p.128, Ssoft Group, INDIA

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• Ethics is in origin the art of recommending to others the sacrifices required for cooperation with oneself.

  Bertrand Russell

  Art, Responsibility, Sacrifice

  Bertrand Russell (2016). “Mysticism and Logic”, p.164, Bertrand Russell

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• You cannot receive a shock unless you have an electric affinity for that which shocks you.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Morality, Affinity, Shock

  Henry David Thoreau (1873). “A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers”, p.303

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• The flea, though he kill none, he does all the harm he can.

  John Donne

  Doe, Fleas, Morality

  John Donne, John Carey (2000). “John Donne: The Major Works”, p.340, Oxford University Press, USA

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• Renunciation is the very basis upon which ethics stands.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Bases, Renunciation

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Jnana Yoga: The Yoga of Knowledge”, p.7, editionNEXT.com

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• Ethics is nothing else than reverence for life.

  Albert Schweitzer

  Reverence For Life, Morality, Reverence

  Albert Schweitzer, Charles Rhind Joy (1947). “Albert Schweitzer: An Anthology”, Boston : Beacon Press

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• Our very lives depend on the ethics of strangers, and most of us are always strangers to other people.

  Bill Moyers

  People, Stranger, Depends

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