Quotes About Integrity

I have a theory, too, that the best and only answer to a smear or to an honest misunderstanding of the facts is to tell the truth

When a man has no design but to speak plain truth, he may say a great deal in a very narrow compass.

It is one thing to wish to have truth on our side, and another to wish sincerely to be on the side of truth.

Everyone wishes to have truth on his side, but not everyone wishes to be on the side of truth.

There is no right faith in believing what is true, unless we believe it because it is true.

The point is not to give people a break. The point is to tell all the truth you can bear about them and not despise them, not to be a kumbaya kind of guy.

The first step toward telling the truth is to tell the whole lie.

The lie was dead And damned, and truth stood up instead.

Sacred are the lips from which has issued only truth.

Truly men hate the truth; they'd liefer meet a tiger on the road.

The media has become more forceful, has begun to recognize its traditional historic role and act on it, and truth is infectious.

If it comes from Tom Hauser, it's the truth.

When one is loyal to the truth, we say he is a person of integrity. When one is loyal to the truth under intense opposition, we say he is a person of great integrity.

The language doesn't mean anything anymore, folks. Truth doesn't mean anything anymore.

I don't want to appease everyone. It seems very difficult to be steadfast on truth and be a politician.

A man had rather have a hundred lies told of him than one truth which he does not wish should be told.

Nobody has the right to put another under such a difficulty that he must either hurt the person by telling the truth or hurt himself by telling what is not true.

Truth, such as is necessary to the reputation of life, is always found where it is honestly sought.

A man may be very sincere in good principles, without having good practice.

A departure from the truth was hardly ever known to be a single one.

Happiness can be built only on virtue, and must of necessity have truth for its foundation.

If I wasn't going to be a world-famous journalist and if I didn't have such respect for truth and justice, I could be an amazing master criminal.

What is the freedom a man can enjoy? Man is governed by certain restraints. He has to adhere to truth.

The motto of Harvard isn't 'nice,' it's truth. The motto of Yale isn't 'light and nice,' it's light and truth.