Quotes About Integrity

Both high art and industrially produced consumer art] bear the stigmata of capitalism, both contain elements of change. Both are torn halves of an integral freedom, to which, however, they do not add up.

A man who lies is ashamed, for each lie teaches him the degradation of a world which, forcing him to lie in order to live, promptly sings the praises of loyalty and truthfulness.

Those who corrupt the public mind are just as evil as those who steal from the public.

If language is not correct, then what is said is not what is meant; if what is said is not what is meant, then what must be done remains undone; if this remains undone, morals and art will deteriorate; if justice goes astray, the people will be confused. Hence there must be no arbitrariness in what is said. This matters above everything. Confucius's

pride must be in the work, not the person.

Alma-Tadema and Frédéric could paint nothing that was truthful either to the world or to themselves.

To go against the dominant thinking of your friends, of most of the people you see every day, is perhaps the most difficult act of heroism you can have.

THE most hopeful adage of political folklore is: "One man plus the truth makes a majority.

The best politics for any president is to be a good president.

My basic principle is that you don't make decisions because they are easy you don't make them because they are cheap you don't make them because they're popular you make them because *they're right*.

All of us are experts at practicing virtue at a distance.

Self-denial is indispensable to a strong character, and the highest kind comes from a religious stock.

Magnificent promises are always to be suspected.

Never violate the sacredness of your individual self-respect.

Be sure that whatever you are is you.

No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expedience.

No man is above the law and no man below it.

I think there is only one quality worse than hardness of heart, and that is softness of head.

A man who is good enough to shed his blood for the country is good enough to be given a square deal afterwards.

Our chief usefulness to humanity rests on our combining power with high purpose. Power undirected by high purpose spells calamity, and high purpose by itself is utterly useless if the power to put it into effect is lacking

In any situation, the best thing you can do is the right thing; the next best thing you can do is the wrong thing; the worst thing you can do is nothing.

Knowing what's right doesn't mean much unless you do what's right.

A man who is good enough to shed his blood for his country is good enough to be given a square deal afterwards. More than that no man is entitled to, and less than that no man shall have.