Quotes About Integrity

But these mysteries, and many others, were closely locked in Mr. Jackson's breast; for not only did his keen sense of honour forbid his repeating anything privately imparted, but he was fully aware that his reputation for discretion increased his opportunities of finding out what he wanted to know.

Seems to me it all boils down to one thing. Was this fellow we're supposing about under any obligation to the other party - the one he was trying to buy the property from?' Ralph hesitated. 'Only the obligation recognized between decent men to deal with each other decently.' Mr. Spragg listened to this with the suffering air of a teacher compelled to simplify upon his simplest question.

leg?tura dintre soÈ› È™i soÈ›ie, chiar dac? se mai putea desface în epocile de prosperitate, era de nedezlegat în momentele de nenorocire.

THE TOUCHSTONE

He had to the full the courage of his lack of convictions.

The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedience, and by parts.

He that accuses all mankind of corruption ought to remember that he is sure to convict only one.

Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but judgment; and he betrays, instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion.

A representative owes not just his industry but his judgement

A conscientious man would be cautious how he dealt in blood.

where there is no sound reason, there can be no real virtue.

ought to be seated on an eminence. If it be opened through virtue, let it be remembered, too, that virtue is never tried but by some difficulty and some struggle.

There is no qualification for government, but virtue and wisdom, whether actual or presumptive. . . . Every thing ought to be open; but not indifferently to every man.

Evil prevails if good people say nothing. -

If I cannot have reform without injustice, I will not have reform.

It only needs a good man to do nothing for evil to triumph.

The true lawgiver ought to have an heart full of sensibility. He ought to love and respect his kind, and to fear himself.

There is no qualification for government but virtue and wisdom, actual or presumptive.

timid piety, which utterly disqualifies for government;

All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797) Irish orator, philosopher, & politician

All that is required for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.

He castigates his habitual targets, "the dull, the feeble, and the timid good," and proclaims himself a strong man, careless of class, color, or party politics. "If I find a public servant who is dishonest, I will chop his head off if he is the highest Republican in this municipality!

Man with the Muckrake

To be neutral13 between right and wrong is to serve wrong.