Non-Maleficence Quotes

The patient's autonomy always, always should be respected, even if it is absolutely contrary - the decision is contrary to best medical advice and what the physician wants.

All mankind... being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions.

I believe in letting a guy live the way he wants to if he doesn't hurt anyone.

If you can do no good, at least do no harm.

Into whatsoever houses I enter, I will enter to help the sick, and I will abstain from all intentional wrong-doing and harm, especially from abusing the bodies of man or woman, bond or free. And whatsoever I shall see or hear in the course of my profession, as well as outside my profession in my intercourse with men, if it be what should not be published abroad, I will never divulge, holding such things to be holy secrets.

We should live, act, and say nothing to the injury of anyone. It is not only best as a matter of principle, but it is the path to peace and honor.

Whenever a doctor cannot do good, he must be kept from doing harm.

Make a habit of two things—to help, or at least to do no harm.

That's all I want- to do no harm.

A great man does enough for us when he refrains from doing us harm.

As long as you're not hurting anyone, your choices are your choices.

It is unacceptable, it is forbidden, to harm the innocent.

It is not fit that I should give myself pain, for I have never intentionally given pain even to another.

The precepts of the law are these: to live honestly, to injure no one, and to give everyone else his due.

I do not wish harm on our constituents.

My choice is what I choose to do and if I'm causing no harm it shouldn't bother you. Your choice is who you choose to be and if you're causin' no harm, then your alright with me.

There is a perennial and unobtrusive view that morality consists in such things as telling the truth, paying one's debts, respecting one's parents and doing no voluntary harm to anyone. Those are all things easy to say and hard to do; they do not attract much attention, and win little honor in the world.

I will use treatment to help the sick according to my ability and judgment, but never with a view to injury and wrongdoing. Neither will I administer a poison to anybody when asked to do so, nor will I suggest such a course. Similarly, I will not give to a woman a pessary to cause abortion. I will keep pure and holy both my life and my art.

A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.

In short, is not liberty the freedom of every person to make full use of his faculties, so long as he does not harm other persons while doing so?

It doesn't matter if I've been wronged - I still have a responsibility to use my influence in a way that never causes harm.

If you explain to a patient what can be done and what might be the downsides, let the patient choose; don't have ethicists, priests, or doctors say you may or may not have replacement cells.

You accomplish what you want to accomplish. I just don't ever want to hurt anybody doing it.

Here I am alive, and it's not my fault, so I have to try and get by as best I can without hurting anybody until death takes over.

An ethical act is one which does not harm others' experience or expectation of happiness.