Charles Simmons Quotes

Liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right to do what we ought.

May we think of freedom, not as the right to do as we please, but as the opportunity to do what is right.

There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences.

True independence and freedom can only exist in doing what's right.

I do not hold with those who think it is all right to do whatever you want so long as it doesn't hurt anyone. Who's to be the judge of that?

There's no statute of limitations on doing what's right.

The right to do something does not mean that doing it is right.

Freedom is the right to be wrong, not the right to do wrong.

to a rational being there is but one rule of conduct, justice

I can understand why people are bad.

The most disturbing thing, I think, with people that do very morally devious things more and more often is to see that they completely feel that they had no choice in the matter.

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

If everyone is to be made responsible for everything they do, you must extend responsibility beyond the level of conscious intention.

Let men decide firmly what they will not do, and they will be free to do vigorously what they ought to do.

Libertarians argue that no normal adult has the right to impose choices on other normal adults, except in abnormal circumstances, such as when one person finds another unconscious and administers medical assistance or calls an ambulance.

Believing a person deserves a defence is not the same as doing anything in your power to get him off scot-free.

Asking someone else to do something immoral is immoral.

Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought.

A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury.

History shows that Americans believe in doing the right thing.

The time is always right to do what is right.

White shall not neutralize the black, nor good compensate bad in man, absolve him so: life's business being just the terrible choice.

There are no easy answers, but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right.

Freedom is not the liberty do anything whatsoever. It is the freedom to do good

There is no equality between that which is right and that which is wrong.