3 Hartley Shawcross Quotes on Ethics

Hartley Shawcross quotes on ethics

1. There comes a point when a man must refuse to answer to his leader if he is also to answer to his own conscience.

5. I know that in my public life I fell below the standards that I had set myself... I have seen what is wrong but not done enough to put it right. I have been more critical than correct. I have had opportunities of great positions in the service of the state, but I have put them aside. I know that I have not devoted myself enough to promoting the good of others.

9. The new so called morality has too often the old immorality condoned.