Quotes About Integrity

appealing to race and religious hatreds is so thoroughly un-American and so contemptible that we are surprised that any intelligent person would engage in such perfidy for even one performance," The Dalton Citizen, a newspaper in North Georgia, wrote in 1925.

what I believe true dignity consists, that is to say, honesty, propriety of conduct, and honest independence.

A vote is like a rifle: its usefulness depends upon the character of the user….

You've just got to pick the man you think is best on the basis of his past history

When I have found men mere politicians, bending to the popular breeze and changing with it, for the self-popularity, I have ever shunned them, believing that they were unworthy of my confidence—but still treat them with hospitality and politeness.

In the process of gaining our rightful place, we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds

If a member of the Executive or Legislature does wrong, the day is never far distant when the people will remove him." Perhaps, Jefferson thought, outrage over the Burr verdict could be channeled into a constitutional amendment making judges more accountable to the public.

we're raised to believe that deep down everyone has a conscience." At

I had to remind myself that it's good for journalists to feel demeaned. It means we're onto a story.

shameworthiness lies in the space between who we are and how we present ourselves to the world

Oh, Ronson's all right," Alex told him. "I'm sure he's planning some form of sophisticated hit piece, but I don't care. It's always artfully done so it goes back and forth, you know." "Why is he wearing a snow jacket in 90-degree heat?" Stone muttered to Alex.

When did fact checking and journalism go their separate ways?

I'm not going to censor myself to comfort your ignorance.

The best defense against bullshit is vigilance. So if you smell something, say something.

Tip to all British tabloids: Do Not Hack Amy Winehouse's Phone. I repeat: Do Not Hack Amy Winehouse's Phone.

Here's something you must know and don't forget it - animals never lie. They don't like, they don't put on disguises, and they are always true to what they are. That's why you can trust them.

It had been almost 7 o'clock, the end of a long working day. Of course he should've been at home with Emily by then, but that evening - as on many other evenings - he had told her that he needed to work late, not so that he could slip away and spend a few hours with his mistress (Benjamin would never have a mistress), but so that he could snatch 30 minutes solitude alone with a book and his thoughts before coming home to the deeper, more oppressive solitude of his shared domestic life.

Resolved, never to do anything which I should be afraid to do if it were the last hour of my life.

Godliness is more easily feigned in words than in actions

Seek not to grow in knowledge chiefly for the sake of applause, and to enable you to dispute with others; but seek it for the benefit of your souls.

Reading enables me to maintain a sense of something substantive– my ethical integrity, my intellectual integrity.

He wondered if an action, to qualify as authentically good, needed not only to be untainted by self-interest but also to bring no pleasure of any kind.

Believe me,' [...] 'I would know about it. That's the difference between me and your girlfriend. I am the jealous type. I am the Spanish Inquisition when it comes to being fucked around on. No quarter will be given.

L'integrità è un valore neutro. Anche le iene hanno una loro integrità. Sono iene allo stato puro.