Bryant H. McGill Quotes

Morality is the theory that every human act must be either right or wrong, and that 99 % of them are wrong.

It may not have the virtuous ring of the golden rule, but the maxim 'never say never' is one of the most important in ethics.

There is no right in acting.

There is no moral precept that does not have something inconvenient about it.

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

The ethic of conviction and the ethic of responsibility are not opposites. They are complementary to one another.

All a man can betray is his conscience.

I have learned that a clear conscience, or a legal opinion, does not make you ethically bullet proof.

The only obligation which I have a right to assume is to do at any time what I think right.

You cannot be at home with something that you feel that is wrong, is not right.

Morality must relate, at some level, to the well-being of conscious creatures. If there are more and less effective ways for us to seek happiness and to avoid misery in this world - and there clearly are - then there are right and wrong answers to questions of morality.

Morality is a private and costly luxury.

He who is mistaken in an action which he sincerely believes to be right may be an enemy, but retains our esteem.

Conscience has no more to do with gallantry than it has with politics.

Your characters have to remain innocent of what your picture is after.

Greatness is not manifested by unlimited pragmatism, which places such a high premium on the end justifying any means and any methods.

Call me old-fashioned, but I believe that morality is not just a matter of opinion.

If we say that anyone who 'moralizes' must be perfect morally then we are in effect saying no one can moralize.

Modern morality is all about perception.

Ethical is 'I'll wait and do what's right even in the hardest times and even if I have to give up gains to do it.'

There is really no right and wrong. I recognize no right and wrong.

Is there one specific source that determines correct morality and everybody should follow that? Or should individuals come up with following that source or not depending on their situation?

Relationships do not preclude issues of morality.

Virtue cannot separate itself from reality without becoming a principle of evil.

Morality is a venereal disease. Its primary stage is called virtue; its secondary stage, boredom; its tertiary stage, syphilis.