The rulers of the state are the only persons who ought to have the privilege of lying, either at home or abroad; they may be allowed to lie for the good of the state.Plato
I have never understood why it is ‘greed’ to want to keep the money you have earned but not greed to want to take somebody else’s money.Thomas Sowell
Never, never be afraid to do what's right, especially if the well-being of a person or animal is at stake. Society's punishments are small compared to the wounds we inflict on our soul when we look the other way.Martin Luther King, Jr.
We come from different backgrounds. Some people grow up with money in their pocket, or they have a certain last name; others have nothing. But it comes down to work ethic. That's where we all play on the same playing field.Jessica Parker Kennedy
We have the right as individuals to give away as much of our own money as we please in charity; but as members of Congress we have no right to appropriate a dollar of the public money.Davy Crockett
By pouring money and goods into devastated regions, foreign aid workers sometimes compound the disruption and debauch the survivors.James Buchan
Jesus taught that we should give to the poor and support widows, but he never said that we should elect a government that would take money from our neighbor's hand and give it to the poor.Jerry Falwell, Jr.
I must say that I do wrestle with the amount of money I make, but at the end of the day what am I gonna say? I took less money so Rupert Murdoch could have more?Tom Hanks
I believe that doing the right thing will not only create the best culture and the best product, but you'll also make the most money - even if you're making decisions that lose you money in the short term.Adam Neumann
The amount of money and industrial energy that has been put into accelerating AI code has meant that there hasn't been as much energy put into thinking about social, economic, ethical frameworks for these systems. We think there's a very urgent need for this to happen faster.Kate Crawford
He who receives money in trust to administer for the benefit of its owner, and uses it either for his own interest or against the wishes of its rightful owner, is a thief.Jose Marti
I have heard over and over again that the drilling business is a dangerous business, and death is an expected part of the game, but I've also heard of the way that safety violations, human and environmental laws, and a concern for the local culture are flaunted in pursuit of money.Alexandra Fuller
New technology is not good or evil in and of itself. It's all about how people choose to use it.David Wong
Basically, to lead without a title is to derive your power within the organisation not from your position but from your competence, effectiveness, relationships, excellence, innovation and ethics.Robin Sharma
There is no real excellence in all of this world which can be separated from right living.David Starr Jordan
If you don't have integrity, you have nothing. You can't buy it. You can have all the money in the world, but if you are not a moral and ethical person, you really have nothing.Henry Kravis
Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not.Oprah Winfrey
We become just by performing just action, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave action.Aristotle
I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law.Aristotle