Sara Gruen Quotes

It is indeed a singular thing that people wish to pass laws to nullify the disagreeable consequences that the law of responsibility entails. Will they never realize that they do not eliminate these consequences but merely pass them along to other people? The result is one injustice the more and one moral the less.

They are focused on whether they can do something. They never think whether they should do something.

Just because you can doesn't mean you should.

It is interesting to see how humans would act if they knew there were never any consequences for their actions because the next day they could wake up and just redo it.

There's no question that as science, knowledge and technology advance, that we will attempt to do more significant things. And there's no question that we will always have to temper those things with ethics.

I'm not going to say something I shouldn't. In that way, I was probably the perfect guy to play in New England.

Only when the voice of duty is silent, or when it has already spoken, may we allowably think of the consequences of a particular action.

Whether it's trivial or important, every choice has a moral aspect to it to a certain degree.

Avoid what will require an apology.

What is permitted is not always wise.

Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well

Whatever science fiction movies we watch now, we can make the technology real in two days. What we can do is not important. What we should do is more important.

You shouldn't reward me for endangering your life, you know. Think of the precedent you're setting.

Madame Lefoux shrugged. "I do not know about that, my lady. I mean to say, one's life is one thing; one's technology is an entirely different matter.

There is no shame in black athletes not wanting to be role models, but there should be shame when they don't behave like one. It's a free country and people can do whatever they want. But just because we can doesn't mean we should.

I haven't changed a bit. I go out with my mates, but I probably have to watch what I do a little more.

You don't try to do more than you should.

You will be judged in years to come by how you responded to genocide on your watch.

I've learned people are watching, so don't do nothing stupid.

There is no truth without responsibility following in its wake.

Those who commit injustice bear the greatest burden.

Let us prize our freedom; but not use our liberty for a cloak of maliciousness.

We Americans are world leaders and we must lead by example - particularly in times that require careful deliberation before any precipitous action - lest we fail to walk in the shoes of those we might injure.

The most ethical way to deal with an unethical situation would be to simply say: 'We did something wrong.' But nobody in a family like mine would ever respond like this.

I mean, technology is amoral. It has no morality.