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Ethical Action Quotes

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"Even if doing the right thing ends up destroying us, we should be doing the right thing at some point eventually."
"If you see an evil, change it with your hand. And if you can't, at least with your tongue. And if you can't do that, at least feel bad in your heart. At least feel bad in your heart."
"We did only what had to be done, nothing more."
"I realize now that sometimes, it's not about catching the criminal; it's about doing what's right."
"Those with the power to act have the responsibility to act."
"Do the right thing, make a change for the better."
"Helping Frank, getting to the truth, that's the right thing to do."
"I risk my life I put my family in danger if I was caught they would have put a bullet in my head but it was the right thing to do it was the only thing to do."
"I wonder though if he was actually saying that, and if we aren't going to actually get an origin story again."
"We're not doing this because it's politically easy; we're doing it because it's the right thing to do."
"It's not only about remarkable realization but it's also doing the right thing."
"We do have to take responsibility for our own actions."
"You can make a serious difference if you make an effort to stand up and do what's right."
"I want to make sure I'm helping people, not hurting them."
"Religion is like bacteria, it can be beneficial but more often insidious."
"All that is needed for evil to prevail is for good people to remain silent."
"There are a lot of heroes too, and they're heroes because they did the right thing for the sake of doing the right thing."
"The Empress is true empowerment. She represents doing something for a good reason, not just because."
"There's a special place in Hell reserved for people who see the truth and don't act."
"Evil needs to be stopped no matter what others think."
"Sometimes you have to do the right thing even if you lose."
"Love is truth, being truthful is an action of love."
"It is better to do nothing than to do what is wrong. For whatever you do, you do it to yourself."
"We must do the right thing...in whatever power that we have."
"When you do the right thing, it becomes contagious."
"If the pacifist position is right, then if a policeman is on his way to be baptized, and he sees a gunman who's about to murder some innocent children, he could pull out his gun and he could shoot that murderer and save the children."
"Even if it's difficult and inconvenient, it's never too late to do the right thing."
"I want to live in a world that's worth living in for all people... there's dignity in human life."
"It's not just because it's effective or not effective, it's because it's our ethical duty first and foremost. And then you talk about how to make it more effective. But you act on your ethics and you put yourself to the test."
"Part of the responsibility of being part of a morally conscious society is assessing and changing actions."
"He still did what was right, and I think that's amazing."
"The only thing that's necessary for the Triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."
"When you do anything from a clear judgment that it ought to be done never shun the being seen to do it."
"The time is always right to do what's right."
"Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due when it is in your power to act." - Proverbs 3:27
"The only way for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing."
"Courage is doing the right thing when you know the risk."
"I think if people want to help a dying child, they should be allowed to do it."
"You can do the right thing in the wrong way and if you do the right thing in the wrong way, you're not going to get the right results."
"It is our duty to use those gifts to do what is right."
"Church members may appropriately choose to participate in efforts to protect life and to preserve religious liberty."
"I genuinely believe that this is the right thing to do."
"It isn't about being right, it's about doing the right thing."
"Evil triumphs when good people remain silent."
"Who can stand up and do the right thing at the tough moment? That defines what Mike Pence did."
"You go through the official channels and try to change as much as you can otherwise you risk your own morality your own ethics and your own perception amongst the rest of the world."
"The real courage comes when you do it with nobody's listening because it's the right thing to do."
"It takes a lot of courage to be a whistleblower."
"The only thing necessary for evil to succeed is that good men do nothing."
"Jesus will never be on the ballot... until he does come back, you're supposed to do the right thing."
"You don't just do this in hopes that it might work. You do this because it's right."
"It's not about the law, it's about doing what is right."
"If an action increases the overall happiness of the human population, it's good."
"We need to come up with solutions here such that when our grandchildren ask us what we did, we can look them in the eye and say we did the right thing."
"They want to do the right thing, take responsibility, step up."
"You act such that you do the least harm to anyone around you and the greatest good for the greatest number."
"If it's good for you and for the people, then do it."
"We cannot fail to do what is right and what we know is possible."
"The importance of doing what was right even when they might get in trouble for it."
"Should we try to do something about it? Yes, within reason."
"If you've really understood the moral concept itself—right and wrong—you couldn't not want to act on them."
"Act so that you use humanity, as much in your own person as in the person of every other, always at the same time as end and never merely as means."
"The human being however is not a thing, hence not something that can be used merely as a means, but must in all his actions always be considered as an end in itself."
"By karma yoga one should purify oneself through unselfish action, moral, ethical, and altruistic action."
"Do not confuse the ignorant. Encourage everybody in appropriate action, in ethical and moral action."
"Is there an action that is accurate, precise, and not self-centred?"