Quotes About Principles

The most important thing is that we are on the right path, and we will not deviate from it, even in the face of strong temptation to choose temporary gains over long-term benefits.

Golf is a game of ego, but it is also a game of integrity: the most important thing is you do what is right when no one is looking.

Stand firm in your refusal to remain conscious during algebra. In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.

I believe in doing the right things; that is my character and personality.

At the end of the day, I'm fighting for the things I said I'd fight for.

I think every good Christian ought to kick Falwell right in the ass.

Obama hates selling. He thinks people should just accept the right thing to do.

I have a portrait of Saint Thomas More in my office.

I don't like to say things that I wouldn't want to say to someone's face. Those are my morals for life.

I'll never feel comfortable taking a strong drink, and I'll never feel easy smoking a cigarette. I just don't think those things are right for me.

I think ethics is always there; it's not always a very thoughtful or reflective ethics.

Judy Miller is the most innocent person in this case. I really thought that was outrageous that she was jailed and we needed as journalists to draw a line in the sand in a strong but thoughtful way.

It's not hard to make decisions when you know what your values are.

It's not hard to make decisions once you know what your values are.

Evil is not likely to result when people firmly believe that ends do not justify means. If they evaluate their methods by the same lofty standards by which they judge their goals and purposes, evil will be held in check.

Loving what is right is different from hating what is wrong and feeling right about it.

There are many qualities that make a great leader. But having strong beliefs, being able to stick with them through popular and unpopular times, is the most important characteristic of a great leader.

Character matters; leadership descends from character.

Even as a junkie I stayed true [to vegetarianism] - 'I shall have heroin, but I shan't have a hamburger.' What a sexy little paradox.

Prudence is the foundation of all true statesmanship; in its political application, prudence is the application of principles to particular circumstances.

You know, you don't retreat in the defense of freedom. You don't retreat in the defense of moral government and limited government. You don't retreat because people are going to defend bad things.

Engross what is just, repudiate what is unjust.

The more integrity you have the more humanity will offend you, the less integrity you have the less offensive humanity will be to you.

Unless you do the right things, the right things will not happen to you. Principles and philosophies are only of social consequence. It is time to wake up to yourself as an existential being, a living being, rather than a psychological case. Then your destiny will be your own. One hundred percent your own. This is not an idle promise. It is a guarantee.