D. B. Sweeney Quotes

There is no man more dangerous, in a position of power, than he who refuses to accept as a working truth the idea that all a man does should make for rightness and soundness, that even the fixing of a tariff rate must be moral.

Let no guilty man escape, if it can be avoided. No personal considerations should stand in the way of performing a public duty.

No man ought to be condemned for exhorting people to pursue justice in a certain line, though he may foresee that in the pursuit of that justice the opposition given to those who are proceeding in a just course may produce collision, and that collision lead to the commission of crime; but our duty, as I conceive, is to seek for the injustice, and there to impute the crime… It is to that injustice, and not to those who pursue a just course for the attainment of a right end, that the guilt is to be ascribed.

I've played quite a lot of real people, and it carries a special responsibility.

It's time for people to hold these athletes accountable for their actions.

I represent my community, and I represent my people. And I've got to be honest if something seems questionable.

Let every Latter-day Saint give value received for everything he gets, whether it be in work, or whatever he does.

When you sign your name on the dotted line, it's more than just playing baseball. You have a responsibility to make good decisions and show people how things are supposed to be done.

In just about every area of society, there's nothing more important than ethics.

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

Athletes know kids look up to them, and it's important for athletes to be responsible.

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

The most cowardly thing in the world is blaming mistakes upon the umpires. Too many managers strut around on the field trying to manage the umpires instead of their teams.

My doctrine is this, that if we see cruelty or wrong that we have the power to stop, and do nothing, we make ourselves sharers in the guilt.

For Republicans, accepting responsibility means accepting punishment; for Democrats, it means only an admission of error and a suggestion they'll do better in the future. This double standard must end.

A lot of times in sport if you try to tell the truth it seems like an excuse.

It is the duty of the law-giver to deliver to the many the instructions of whose truth he has persuaded himself.

Ethics are more important than laws.

We had to support our player and genuinely felt, like Rio has said, that it was an honest mistake. It is important to know that Manchester United never said, and Rio Ferdinand never said, that a mistake hadn't been made.

Justice is a certain rectitude of mind whereby a man does what he ought to do in the circumstances confronting him.

Our sense of fairness tells us that people should pay for the wrong they do.

Who can protest and does not, is an accomplice in the act.

Business rests squarely on the law of service. It has for its main reliance truth and faith and justice …. It is one of the greatest contributing forces to the moral and spiritual enhancement of the race.

The trust that goes with public service is a heavy burden on those who would lead us.

He made you king to do justice and righteousness.