Ethics

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Occasionally, a man must rise above principles.

Annual report (1991)
In law a man is guilty when he violates the rights of others. In ethics he is guilty if he only thinks of doing so
A man without ethics is a wild beast loosed upon this world
The only thing a man can take beyond this lifetime is his ethics.
I have but one system of ethics for men and for nations - to be grateful, to be faithful to all engagements and under all circumstances, to be open and generous, promoting in the long run even the interests of both.
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