Quotes About Honesty

I don't know if I am a very good politician. I'm not a good hater.

It takes good memory to keep up a lie

A liar must have a good memory. -Mendacem oportet esse memorem

Good-bye to the lies of the poets. [Lat., Valeant mendacia vatum.]

Good intentions are only lies the weak tell themselves.

Gold has at all times been considered the best of testimonies of good faith.

There's never a man looked me between the eyes and seen a good day a'terward.

I'm not very good at promotion.

I'm not very good at lying.

I consider myself to be a good guy so it's not hard for me to play that.

I'm not a good mother at all.

He was, he would be the first to admit, a coward, an incompetent, and not even very good at being a failure.

Be good or don't get caught.

It takes a lifetime to build a good reputation, but you can lose it in a minute.

Don't worry about being good…. Aspire to be authentic.

Truthful words are not beautiful beautiful words are not truthful. Good words are not persuasive persuasive words are not good.

Democracy is a government where you can say what you think even if you don't think. Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge where there is no river.

All governments lie, but disaster lies in wait for countries whose officials smoke the same hashish they give out.

Dishonesty in government is the business of every citizen. It is not enough to do your own job. There's no particular gift in that. Democracy isn't a gift. It's a responsibility.

Look, all administrations, all governments lie, all officials lie and nothing they say is to be believed. That's a pretty good rule.

All governments are lying cocksuckers.

Transparency in government leads to reduced corruption.

I'm tired of being lied to by government, by the media, and by every corporation I have anything to do with.

What is it about the government and its agents and employees that they can lie to us with impunity, but we risk being sent to jail if we lie to them?