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Ethical Priorities Quotes

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"If we're going to have any rights at all, the right to life must supersede all of the other ones."
"That really sums up longtermism, the idea that we need to focus on some far off utopian fantasy to the point that we ignore or even abuse the world right in front of us."
"If your freedom comes at the expense of the life of another human being, then it's not really your freedom that is the top priority."
"You don't actually care about how beings are treated... it's ultimately self over."
"Honestly, whose humanity are we placing above who here? We're not talking about going to work, we're talking seats in lifeboats here."
"I just want these options open to women... so I prioritize the suffering of people who I recognize as already living."
"The adage of putting people before profits gets thrown around a lot."
"Money shouldn't stand in the way of you doing the right thing."
"Money is not more important than the life of people."
"Why put money and trade above the well-being of people?"
"I think the essential element... is the idea that they decided... their lives were more important than his."
"If someone believes a 32-week-old baby that's being aborted in Colorado, can you acknowledge that to them, that's more pressing than a 1.6-degree increase in the next 100 years?"
"Your greatest interest, your integrity, your safety, and your nurturance are our first concerns."
"It's about relationships, you'd kill a person over an animal, that's correct, because I believe human beings are animals."
"No treasure is worth as much as the good that can be done with it."
"Nothing you are making is worth what you're doing to people because they're human beings, mate."
"Saving innocent lives is more important than punishing guilty ones."
"SnO takes risks, does things differently, and above all else, it put being good above being profitable on the priorities list."
"Safety first I mean if you can prevent a recall or did somebody get hurt what is money in comparison to death."
"Morals over money, principles and values over money."
"All other rights, including those of property and free commerce, are to be subordinate to this principle."
"People could be shot, stabbed, and set on fire, I don't give a darn, but you mistreat an animal, you got a problem with me."
"The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the fewer."
"People matter more than concepts and must come first."
"People over profits as a culture and it's all in the little decisions but especially in big ones like this."
"I would never pick money over putting someone's life in danger."
"Integrity over views: navigating the nuances."
"Decent people start to care more about a greater good and about what is right than whether or not their personal cost will be."
"What's more important here your life and your rights or do you want to just keep chasing money and hurt The credibility if we ever have to go to trial"
"I'm a values-driven person. Values are really important to me."
"When are principles going to be more important than power?"
"Our mercy and our generosity should always trump our greed or desire to profit."
"The integrity is potentially for many of these individuals going to come before the rules of the job if you will."
"Kindness must be prioritized in the lives of Christians."
"I honestly had to pray about because this was a financial burden but I just felt like my morals were way more important."
"Around the world, people are living in poverty. Don't you think helping them would make more sense than, I don't know, paying for the demise of your entire species?"
"Some values are better for the world than others."
"Forget about our little ideologies at the moment when there are people who are dying, their circumstances, their situation must prevail."
"Isn't their survival more important than your pride?"
"People matter, so you don't ditch them for material things. Sermon over."
"Doing the right thing is actually a lot more important than the amount of hours I spend doing that thing."
"If you think people should die rather than steal a loaf of bread, what are your moral priorities?"
"Your reputation is more important than your paycheck. Your integrity is worth more than your career."
"Pragmatism isn't always morality and often really as it has nothing to do with morality doing what is right Trump's pragmatism any day of the week."
"It's not about money, it's not about clout, it's about doing what's right."
"When did a flag deserve more life than a human being? Never. It shouldn't be like that."
"We don't talk about budget, we talk about values."
"People over profit; everyone deserves fulfillment."
"We prefer to weigh the contentment of individuals over that needless suffering."