Erin Brockovich Quotes

A healthy democracy requires a decent society; it requires that we are honorable, generous, tolerant and respectful.

All Americans want our government to have a moral compass.

The demand for equal rights in every vocation of life is just and fair; but, after all, the most vital right is the right to love and be loved.

Democracy without morality is impossible.

You've gotta respect everybody. If they race hard against you, you've got to race hard against them. It's very simple; if there's respect both ways, there's no problem.

Justice is conscience, not a personal conscience but the conscience of the whole of humanity. Those who clearly recognize the voice of their own conscience usually recognize also the voice of justice.

In politics, the people I most despise are those who have no values.

Human and moral factors must always be considered. They must never be missing from policies and from public discussion.

I am considering two things on a daily basis: what is right to do and what is wrong to do in my role as President of my people. According to my conscience, I am trying to abide by the right. My vision is peace. My vision is prosperity.

Ethics to me is very important.

So I'm just waiting until one party or the other actually gets a moral compass and a backbone.

America, I am a strong believer that how we treat each other matters.

The time is always right to do what is right.

Trust should be the basis for all our moral training.

The nobler a man, the harder it is for him to suspect inferiority in others.

What I'm doing is writing stories about women who care about justice. They are women who think about the difference between right and wrong, what's legal and illegal, ethical and unethical, moral and immoral.

I always have tried to treat people with respect, the way I want to be treated.

I never talk about my opponent because I don't think it's my right to judge.

Consider the rights of others before your own feelings, and the feelings of others before your own rights.

It there is no check to the freedom of your words, then let your hearts be open to the freedom of our actions.

Do not completely defeat your opponents. Leave your opponents some dignity with which to walk off the field. They have been elected by some people and you have no right to dismember them… When you do that, you lose all semblance of leadership.

My creed is that public service must be more than doing a job efficiently and honestly. It must be a complete dedication to the people and to the nation with full recognition that every human being is entitled to courtesy and consideration, that constructive criticism is not only to be expected but sought, that smears are not only to be expected but fought, that honor is to be earned but not bought.

All the greatest things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: Freedom; Justice; Honor; Duty; Mercy; Hope.

We’re not here to bring politics to our morality, but to bring morality to our politics.

Be loyal to those who are loyal to you. And respect everyone, even your enemies and competition.