Quotes by Ethical Standards I think the ethical standards established in this White House have been the highest in the history of the White House. Al Gore ethical-standards white thinking Sometimes I am convinced there is nothing wrong with this country that couldn't be cured by the magical implantation of ethical standards on us all - leaders and followers. Until that becomes doable, the Center for Public Integrity is just about the best thing we have going for us. Ben Bradlee ethical-standards integrity country In 30 years of public service, I have had no scandals. I have high ethical standards. I am most proud of my judgement, that kind of judgement is what we want in a president going forward. I want to be a peacemaker. Bernie Sanders ethical-standards judgement years I was raised thinking that moral and ethical standards are universals that apply equally to everyone. And these values aren't easily compatible with the kind of religion that posits a Creator. To my way of thinking, an omnipotent being who sets up a universe in which thinking beings proliferate, grow old, and die (usually in agony, alone, and in fear) is a cosmic sadist. Charles Stross ethical-standards agony thinking The latter-day robber barons are discovering that better conditions and rewards for workers pay off in a world where consumers increasingly demand ethical standards. Clare Short ethical-standards demand world The question is, why are politicians so eager to be president? What is it about the job that makes it worth revealing, on national television, that you have the ethical standards of a slime-coated piece of industrial waste? Dave Barry ethical-standards president jobs I think Barack Obama has brought a new level of ethical standards to Washington. Has he changed some basic hard-knuckle politics? No. You need hard-knuckle politics to succeed. Ed Rendell ethical-standards usa thinking Courtesy, modesty, good manners, conformity to definite ethical standards are universal, but what constitutes courtesy, modesty, good manners, and definite ethical standards is not universal. It is instructive to know that standards differ in the most unexpected ways. Franz Boas ethical-standards good-man way America's highest economic need is higher ethical standards -- enforced by strict laws and upheld by responsible business leaders. George W. Bush ethical-standards business law The lure of heady profits of the late 1990's spawned abuses and excesses. With strict enforcement and higher ethical standards, we must usher in a new era of integrity in corporate America. George W. Bush ethical-standards integrity america It is not people who break ethical standards who are regarded as aliens. It is people like me who are isolated. Grigori Perelman ethical-standards aliens people The industrial revolution has tended to produce everywhere great urban masses that seem to be increasingly careless of ethical standards. Irving Babbitt urban ethical-standards revolution The repudiation of the primacy of understanding means the repudiation of the norms of judgment as well, and hence the abandonment of all ethical standards. Johan Huizinga ethical-standards understanding mean The basis of effective government is public confidence, and that confidence is endangered when ethical standards falter or appear to falter. John F. Kennedy ethical-standards political government The basis of effective government is public confidence. John F. Kennedy ethical-standards bases government There’s no way to succeed in business without the highest ethical standards. Jordan Belfort ethical-standards succeed way I undertake that, in the exercise of my functions of that office I will have regard to any guidance with respect to ethical standards issued by the secretary of state under Section 66 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999. Ken Livingstone ethical-standards office exercise But when we get enough people who don't care, and who don't accept personal responsibility for high ethical standards, our organization gets the "M" disease. Mediocrity. Anybody in the place can be a carrier. By the same token, every individual can carry the cure: the ethics of excellence. Price Pritchett ethical-standards organization responsibility Enjoy your work and have ethical standards. Walter Schloss ethical-standards investing enjoy It is my opinion that the use of this barbarous weapon at Hiroshima and Nagasaki was of no material assistance in our war against Japan. The Japanese were already defeated and ready to surrender... In being the first to use it, we had adopted an ethical standard common to the barbarians of the Dark Ages. William D. Leahy ethical-standards dark war 12»