Is it less dishonest to do what is wrong because it is not expressly prohibited by written law? Let us hope our moral principles are not yet in that stage of degeneracy.

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

Topics: Dishonesty Quotes, Morality Quotes

You have to have your heart in the business and the business in your heart.

You have to have your heart in the business and the business in your heart.

Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations; entangling alliances with none.

Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations; entangling alliances with none.

Living is something everyone can do, but few actually experience

Living is something everyone can do, but few actually experience

In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a...

In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a...

Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his...

Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his...

One insult pocketed soon produces another

One insult pocketed soon produces another

Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong...

Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong...

Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans,...

Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans,...

I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.

I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.

I find friendship to be like wine, raw when new, ripened with age, the true...

I find friendship to be like wine, raw when new, ripened with age, the true...

Question with boldness even the existence of God; because, if there be one, he must...

Question with boldness even the existence of God; because, if there be one, he must...

An association of men who will not quarrel with one another is a thing which...

An association of men who will not quarrel with one another is a thing which...

I find as I grow older that I love those most whom I loved first.

I find as I grow older that I love those most whom I loved first.

Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and...

Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and...

The happiest moments my heart knows are those in which it is pouring forth its...

The happiest moments my heart knows are those in which it is pouring forth its...

No man has a natural right to commit aggression on the equal rights of another,...

No man has a natural right to commit aggression on the equal rights of another,...

A strict observance of the written laws is doubtless one of the high virtues of...

A strict observance of the written laws is doubtless one of the high virtues of...

I can never fear that things will go far wrong where common sense has fair...

I can never fear that things will go far wrong where common sense has fair...

Common sense is genius in its working clothes

Common sense is genius in its working clothes

School days are the unhappiest in the whole span if human existence. They are full...

School days are the unhappiest in the whole span if human existence. They are full...