Quotes About Honesty

All the stories can't be lies.

Only lies offend me, never honest counsel.

Say what you mean and mean what you say.

can only say that we shall continue in the path of rugged individualism, free from the influence of sinister interests, upholding the finest ideals of honesty, independence and integrity, so that, to quote Abraham Lincoln, 'This nation of the people, for the people and by the people shall not perish from the earth.

The most honest of men is the one who thinks and acts best, but the most powerful is the one who writes and speaks best.

The truth is cruel, but it can be loved, and it makes free those who have loved it.

I stand in philosophy exactly where I stand in daily life; I should not be honest otherwise.

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There are but few saints amongst scientists, as among other men, but truth itself is a goal comparable with sanctity.

Humor is what happens when we're told the truth quicker and more directly than we're used to.

Humor is what happens when we're told the truth quicker and more directly than we're used to.

When you race you are under oath. You are testifying as to who you are.

If you would write the truth, you must first become the truth.

Politicians will respect, rather than manipulate, reality only if the public cares about the truth and punishes politicians when it catches them in deliberate deception.

The President has kept all of the promises he intended to keep.

As with the douchebags of the world, calling an asshole an asshole sometimes is exactly what needs to happen.

The only people that ever stand up and tell the truth are who? Intelligence officers. Because our culture is, never break faith with the truth. We'll tell you, you don't have to drag it out of us.

In executing the duties of my present important station, I can promise nothing but purity of intentions, and, in carrying these into effect, fidelity and diligence.

Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pains to bring it to light.

Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair the rest is in the hands of God.

hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is the best policy.

Labour to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, called conscience.

Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pains taken to bring it to light.

In politics as in philosophy, my tenets are few and simple. The leading one of which, and indeed that which embraces most others, is to be honest and just ourselves and to exact it from others, meddling as little as possible in their affairs where our own are not involved. If this maxim was generally adopted, wars would cease and our swords would soon be converted into reap hooks and our harvests be more peaceful, abundant, and happy.