Quotes About Integrity

It's a journalist's job to be a witness to history. We're not there to worry about ourselves. We're there to try and get as near as we can, in an imperfect world, to the truth and get the truth out.

character is not made in a crisis- it is only exhibited

A mistake is always forgivable, rarely excusable and always unacceptable.

The human spirit will not invest itself in a compromise.

A successful lawsuit is the one worn by a policeman.

It asks a little of us here.It asks of us a certain height,So when at times the mob is swayedTo carry praise or blame too far,We may take something like a starTo stay our minds on and be staid.

The only lasting beauty is the beauty of the heart.

It doesn't matter what you say you believe - it only matters what you do.

Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power.

An honest God is the noblest work of man.

We need men with moral courage to speak and write their real thoughts, and to stand by their convictions, even to the very death.

Any doctrine that will not bear investigation is not a fit tenant for the mind of an honest man.

Any doctrine that will not bear investigation is not a fit tenant for the mind of an honest man. Any doctrine that will not bear investigation is not a fit tenant for the mind of an honest man. Any man who is afraid to have his doctrine investigated is not only a coward but a hypocrite.

Arguments cannot be answered by personal abuse; there is no logic in slander, and falsehood, in the long run, defeats itself.

Nothing but truth is immortal.

Call me infidel, call me atheist, call me what you will, I intend so to treat my children, that they can come to my grave and truthfully say: 'He who sleeps here never gave us a moment of pain. From his lips, now dust, never came to us an unkind word.

Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. It is easy for the weak to be gentle. Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. This is the supreme test.

Whoever claims any right that he is unwilling to accord to his fellow-men is dishonest and infamous.

When the will defies fear, when duty throws the gauntlet down to fate, when honor scorns to compromise with death - that is heroism.

It certainly is no proof that a man is inspired simply because he is right.

I would not wish to live in a world where I could not express my honest opinions. Men who deny to others the right of speech are not fit to live with honest men.

No man can control his belief. You hear evidence for and against, and the integrity of the soul stands at the scales and tells which side rises and which side falls. You can not believe as you wish. You must believe as you must.

Fear is the father of lies.

Robert G. Schwartz