Quotes About Integrity

If the law is upheld only by government officials, then all law is at an end.

Words without actions are the assassins of idealism.

There are things in the world that cannot be brought about. There are mistakes that cannot be repaired. But there is one thing sure -- that loyalty and friendship are the most precious possessions a man can have.

Leadership cannot be created synthetically. Men must be what they were made by the Almighty or the American people will find them out in time.

Wer seinem Volk Angst macht, der braucht es [...] nicht zu fürchten.

Wer die rechtsstaatlichen Grenzen von Fall zu Fall verschieben will, der hebt sie auf.

It's not enough to be a vanilla business school. It's not enough to be terrific teachers who really know their subject matter well.

Christian ethics maintains that the whole man must be good in intellect and will, heart and conscience. To do good is a duty and a desire, a task and a privilege, and thus the work of love. Love is therefore the fulfilling of the law.

Reason in this newer philosophy took its starting point with childish naivete in its own integrity and trustworthiness.

Simplicity is the seal of truth!

You don't throw your friends under the bus.

Remember this presidential candidate can count.

I didn't go to political correctness school.

Sprookje Er was eens een man die altijd rechtvaardig was.

Corruption will be enemy number one.

A virtuous expediency, then, seems the highest desirable or attainable earthly excellence for the mass of men, and is the only earthly excellence that their Creator intended for them.

Truth uncompromisingly told will always have its ragged edges.

The grand truth about Nathaniel Hawthorne. He says NO! in thunder; but the Devil himself cannot make him say yes.

And what is it, thought I, after all! It's only his outside; a man can be honest in any sort of skin.

There is the grand truth about Nathaniel Hawthorne. He says NO! in thunder; but the Devil himself cannot make him say yes. For all men who say yes, lie; and all men who say no,why, they are in the happy condition of judicious, unincumbered travellers in Europe; they cross the frontiers into Eternity with nothing but a carpet-bag,that is to say, the Ego. Whereas those yes-gentry, they travel with heaps of baggage, and, damn them! they will never get through the Custom House.

A man who sacrifices himself must be a decent chap.

The truth is lived, not taught.

People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest.

My job is about being right. Always. If I'm ever wrong, I must make use of all my means and resources to bend and align reality according to my mistake so that it ceases to be a mistake.