Quotes About Principled

We have to stand up for what we believe in, even when we might not be popular for it. Honesty starts with being ourselves, authentic and true to who we are and what we believe in, and that may not always be popular, but it will always let you follow your dreams and your heart.

You have to keep a strong sense of who you really are - and I have a pretty strong sense of myself. It gets me in trouble when I say this, but I don't think of myself as a politician. I've always tried to be honest when communicating with people.

We can never be afraid to stand up for what is right, no matter what others may say. And sometimes, if that means taking a lonely road, if what we are standing for is true, then perhaps moonlight or sunshine will light our way and make it less lonely.

We have little choice but to place a certain level of trust in scientists - even when it comes to the model-driven speculative discipline of climate change. And, need it be said, most scientists take great care in being honest, principled and precise.

I'm conservative, and people know where I stand. They can trust me to do what I say I'm going to do. I'm predictable.

I was never violent. I denounced even back then violence and left it because I didn't want to be associated with that kind of taint.

the one small wisdom he has gained from his life is that, when flags start to wave, someone must always refuse to join in.

Cautious, careful people always casting about to preserve their reputation or social standards never can bring about reform. Those who are really in earnest are willing to be anything or nothing in the world's estimation, and publicly and privately, in season and out, avow their sympathies with despised ideas and their advocates, and bear the consequences.

You can be a namby-pamby leftie, a gun-toting neo-con, or a soft, indecisive moderate. I really don't care. Just don't lie to me.

Anybody who goes searching can find enough artistic things I've done that nobody can ever say I sold out.

I was never a rah-rah person. I never sold drugs or did anything crazy.

If someone doesn't want me working their club, they're not going to hear from me again. I'm not going to fight or complain about it. I'd rather go someplace else.

You put the fist in pacifist?

I am really laid back and kind of go-with-the-flow, but I will never do anything that I don't believe in.

I wasn't going to sell out on top, if I was going to be in the main event with somebody I wasn't going to sell out an 80,000 seat arena, I wasn't going to sell a lot of merchandise. I wasn't that guy that you were going to put as the face of your company.

The easiest thing to do when bad things are being spoken of another is to jump on that slander train. It takes integrity and character to see another's character and integrity to stand up and say that you won't participate in the slander of them.

He had that basic integrity that is so rare as to be mistaken for altruism.

I will never apologize for the United States -- I don't care what the facts are.... I'm not an apologize-for-America kind of guy.

Courage is a terribly important value. It means you don't run away when things are tough. It means you don't turn away from a friend when he or she is in trouble. It means standing up against the majority opinion.... There's a lot of people who won't wear it on their sleeve, or display it through some heroic act. But courage is having the strength to do what's honorable and decent.

Frank Castle knows only two sides: Good and Evil. There is no grey zone for him.

Let my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truth's sake, and so earn some right to rejoice when the victory is won.

I like to live righteous. And I just want everyone to know I'm not trying to get out of anything.

Fortunately most of the people who were involved in anti-Vietnam activity did not con themselves into being like the violent people they didn't want.

The life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.