Christopher Darden Quotes

I think that if there are positions that you can't argue... then the responsibility is probably to resign. If one's own conscience is opposed to the requirements and responsibilities of the job, then it's time to leave the job.

Throughout my career, I have lived by the principles of personal honor and professional integrity.

My conscience won't allow me to do films I thought were bad but were going to make money.

You must always do what you feel is right.

I do what I think is right.

The law often allows what honor forbids.

Conscience is the sentinel of virtue.

I hope there's some kind of morality in all my work.

I think a man becomes less than a man when he begins to compromise on what he believes is right.

The person that loses their conscience has nothing left worth keeping.

I have never taken a job or done a job where I felt I needed to leave my conscience at the door. One of the the great things about not being in politics as a career is that I can do this job without thinking about my career. I can think about what we're trying to do, what we're trying to accomplish and what we're trying to leave.

I don't want to do anything that violates my own personal code of ethics and morals.

I don't want to have to compromise my morals in order to make a living.

Just because people are in authority, if it doesn't seem right, don't do it. If it violates your own principles, don't do it.

I'll never go against my morals.

About morals, I know only that what is moral is what you feel good after and what is immoral is what you feel bad after.

I have a hard time with morals. All I know is what feels right, what's more important to me is being honest about who you are. Morals I get a little hung up on.

I have principles in my professional and personal life as to how things are done.

It is far more important to me to preserve an unblemished conscience than to compass any object however great.

I try not to do anything that's immoral.

I didn’t want you to recommend anyone for the place who I cannot implicitly rely upon to refuse a $10 bill when an Italian offers it to him, as will happen almost every day.

There’s nothing more important than people’s conscience and there’s nothing that needs more protection.

Occasionally the conflict between 'what we stand for' and 'what we do' has been forthrightly addressed.

I always try to follow my moral compass.

I'm never concerned about my beliefs hurting me in any way. I'd rather lose a job than have to lie.