Quotes About Integrity

Every journalist who is not too stupid or too full of himself to notice what is going on knows that what he does is morally indefensible. He is a kind of confidence man, preying on people's vanity, ignorance, or loneliness, gaining their trust and betraying them without remorse.

Every journalist who is not too stupid or full of himself to notice what is going on knows that what he does is morally indefensible. He is a kind of confidence man, preying on people's vanity, ignorance, or loneliness, gaining their trust and betraying them without remorse.

Journalists justify their treachery in various ways according to their temperaments. The more pompous talk about freedom of speech and "the public's right to know"; the least talented talk about Art; the seemliest murmur about earning a living.

The good lawyer is the great salesman.

Adults are constantly telling teenagers that it's what's on the inside that matters. It's always painful to find out that adults have lied to you.

It's acting, not lying, so I will not be sent to hell for saying these sorts of things.

But if Grant doesn't like you for who you are, then he's not worth it.

Robin Hood might not have existed. Maybe there never was a band of Merry Men waiting in Sherwood Forest for King Richard's return. But I'd like to think it happened. We've seen him in other times and places. Some people still stand up for what's right, some people do protect the helpless, some people fight for justice – and that's what makes the story of Robin Hood true.

God isn't fooled by mercenary goodness I told myself and went back to manic smiling.

Perhaps it is in speaking of our falseness that we can be true.

My desire is to stand up and brush myself off when I make mistakes and ask for forgiveness.

Never compromise yourself. You are all you've got.

Don't compromise yourself - you are all you've got.

Don't compromise yourself, you're all you've got.

Never compromise yourself..your all you got

Truth, of itself, does not kill.

Whatever has been achieved through pressure and violence is unstable, unreliable and incorrect.

Lies and partial truths complicate life."

Ours is a world where some people are destined to triumph even in defeat, especially if they do not betray themselves."

The greatest sacrifice a man can make is the image of his soul.

even if ballots are not stuffed by the ruling party on the day of the election, a vote can be undemocratic if the opposition can never make its case properly and journalists are prevented from reporting a government's failures.

When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends.

It is a beggar's pride that he is not a thief

The reputation of a thousand years may be determined by the conduct of one hour.