Elena Kagan Quotes

It is a sin not to do what one is capable of doing.

The only immorality is not to do what one has to do when one has to do it.

There is no truth without responsibility following in its wake.

You have to be true to what you believe in and do your duty.

I no longer teach law. But when I did I advised my students that they should never accept a case if it meant that by doing so you couldn't sleep at night.

Integrity is doing the right thing, even when no one is watching.

Belief is a moral act for which the believer is to be held responsible.

All a man can betray is his conscience.

You consult your honor; I my interest.

The Church emphasis responsibility more than rights.

A sense of duty pursues us ever. It is omnipresent, like the Diety.

Enlightened people seldom or never possess a sense of responsibility.

We are not only responsible for what we do but also for what we do not do.

If a man cannot tell what he wants to do, then he must find out what he ought to do. If desire has become complicated, then hold fast to duty.

We all know our duty better than we discharge it.

If a superior give any order to one who is under him which is against that man's conscience, although he do not obey it yet he shall not be dismissed.

I think the greater responsibility, in terms of morality, is where leadership begins.

I will never do a record without some sense of responsibility.

You can't, in sound morals, condemn a man for taking care of his own integrity. It is his clear duty.

I have been committed to carrying out my duties... in accordance with both the letter and spirit of all applicable rules of ethics and canons of conduct.

I would never sacrifice my individual beliefs as a citizen to my corporate responsibilities.

There is nothing politically right that is morally wrong.

I didn't volunteer; they asked me. I felt a duty to testify.

You can't do something that is morally vacuous or dysfunctional and then write it off saying, 'It wasn't my film, I was just doing a job in it.'

Responsibility has become the fundamental imperative in modern civilization, and it should be an unavoidable criterion to assess and evaluate human actions, including, in a special way, development activities.