Ethical Stand Quotes

A good person will resist an evil system with his whole soul. Disobedience of the laws of an evil state is therefore a duty.

If the AMA [American Medical Association] is against you, you must be doing something right.

Political courage requires clarity.

Always stand on principle even if you stand alone.

Citizens with a conscience are not going to ignore wrong-doing simply because they'll be destroyed for it: the conscience forbids it.

I say that a man must be certain of his morality for the simple reason that he has to suffer for it.

The thinking man must oppose all cruelties no matter how deeply rooted in tradition or surrounded by a halo.

I think of it all as a test. This is a moral examination that one has to pass... to stand up against such social evils.

Sometimes being a leader isn’t about winning. Sometimes it’s about doing what’s right, instead of what’s powerful.

Neither when we have chosen our way can we keep company with those who go the other way. There must come with the decision for truth a corresponding protest against error.

We manifest character when self-sacrifice for the sake of our principles becomes more important than compromise for the sake of popularity.

Stand for right, even if you stand alone.

I’m on the side of the Angels here.

For me nonviolence is a creed. I must act up to it, whether I am alone or have companions.

There is only one position for an artist anywhere; and that is upright.

It's never the right time to take a particular stand.

Nothing can do men of good will more harm than apparent compromises with parties that subscribe to antimoral and antidemocratic and anti-God forces. We must have the courage to detach our support from men who are doing evil. We must bear them no hatred, but we must break with them.

I would rather lose in a cause that will some day win, than win in a cause that will some day lose.

Courage is a decision you make to act in a way that works through your own fear for the greater good as opposed to pure self-interest. Courage means putting at risk your immediate self-interest for what you believe is right.

I think Scotland could take a stand in a wonderful way, ecologically and morally and ethically.