Those who corrupt the public mind are just as evil as those who steal from the public. Adlai Stevenson Ethics, Evil, Manipulation, Morality You May Also Like When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle. By Edmund Burke Ethics, Morality, Partnership There is only one morality, as there is only one geometry. By Voltaire Ethics, Morality The best index to a person’s character is (a) how he treats people who can’t do him any good and (b) how he treats people who can’t fight back. By ABIGAIL VAN BUREN Character, Ethics, Karma, Thoughtful, Wise She wears her morals like a loose garment. By Langston Hughes Ethics, Morality We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics. By Franklin D. Roosevelt Credit, Economics, Ethics, Morality, Self-interest When you punish someone, you pay for it later. There was a time when pickpockets were publicly hanged, but other pickpockets took advantage of the large crowds attracted to the execution to ply their trade. By J. Hopps Baker Ethics, Morality You May Also Like from Adlai Stevenson Flattery is all right—if you don’t inhale. By Adlai Stevenson Compliment, Funny, Praise Ignorance is stubborn and prejudice dies hard. By Adlai Stevenson About change, Ignorance, Prejudice, Stubbornness Understanding human needs is half the job of meeting them. By Adlai Stevenson Giving back To the victor belong the toils. By Adlai Stevenson Success, Victory The time to stop a revolution is at the beginning, not the end. By Adlai Stevenson Revolution If we value the pursuit of knowledge, we must be free to follow wherever that search may lead us. The free mind is no barking dog to be tethered on a tenfoot chain. By Adlai Stevenson Freedom, Knowledge
When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle. By Edmund Burke Ethics, Morality, Partnership
The best index to a person’s character is (a) how he treats people who can’t do him any good and (b) how he treats people who can’t fight back. By ABIGAIL VAN BUREN Character, Ethics, Karma, Thoughtful, Wise
We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics. By Franklin D. Roosevelt Credit, Economics, Ethics, Morality, Self-interest
When you punish someone, you pay for it later. There was a time when pickpockets were publicly hanged, but other pickpockets took advantage of the large crowds attracted to the execution to ply their trade. By J. Hopps Baker Ethics, Morality
Ignorance is stubborn and prejudice dies hard. By Adlai Stevenson About change, Ignorance, Prejudice, Stubbornness
If we value the pursuit of knowledge, we must be free to follow wherever that search may lead us. The free mind is no barking dog to be tethered on a tenfoot chain. By Adlai Stevenson Freedom, Knowledge
