48 Movie Quotes about Ethics (+ Sound Clips)

Updated: Jan 6, 2026

Memorable quotes about ethics, selected from famous or less known movies by Movie-Sounds.org's visitors, accompanied by short mp3 and wav audio samples.

1 I should've learned Kung Fu instead of ethics. What use is that?

Quote from 36th Chamber of Shaolin

2 When were you born, son? Around the time of the Round Table? Haven't you heard? Conscience is dead.

Al Pacino as Lt. Col. Frank Slade in Scent of a Woman (1992)

3 No! I don't think you're an ethical person!

Anjanette Comer as Aimée Thanatogenos in The Loved One (1965)

4 You had a job that you thought made a difference, that you thought was honorable. And then you see this.

James Earl Jones as Admiral James Greer in Clear and Present Danger

5 Hey! Don't you have respect for law and order? What kind of thug are you?

Jim Carrey as Stanley Ipkiss in The Mask (1994)

6 Do you have the slightest idea what a moral and ethical principal is? Do you?

Jack Nicholson as Jack Torrance in The Shining (1980)

7 It pains me deeply to think an element of suspicion should enter into our relationship. I deem it a slur, sir, on my personal integrity.

Mel Blanc as Daffy Duck in Daffy Duck's Easter Egg-Citement

8 No heroes amongst thieves, eh?

Orlando Bloom as Will Turner in Pirates of the Caribbean 1: The Curse of the Black Pearl

9 Ethics tells you what's right. -What use is that, when you're dealing with Manchu killers?

Quote from 36th Chamber of Shaolin

10 The issue here is not whether we broke a few rules or took a few liberties with our female party guests. We did.

Tim Matheson as Eric "Otter" Stratton in Animal House (1978)