Quotes About Principled

someone who cannot be squeezed into doing something he would otherwise never do.

People like you because you've got integrity. Even when you're being an ass.

Paine's power, like Orwell's and Baldwin's, lay in his refusal to be anyone's propagandist. He told people, even people who supported him, what they often did not want to hear.

I don't sell myself. I am what I am. I'm a role model for a lot of people, for my kids. I don't want to just change because I want to make more money.

I like to think I have good morals, but I still have a little bit of an edgy side.

I'm not afraid of any kind of job, I'm not afraid to play any kind of role, as long as it doesn't compromise my morals.

Nagin is a decent man

I'm sick of reading a bunch of hand-wringing bullshit intended to please your circle of friends, or assuage one's guilt of some kind or another. Take a position, have a point of view and fucking live or die with the consequences or don't write.

The true test of bravery is demonstrating moral courage. In applying this test you will likely find more cowards than not.

I was the guy who was constantly speaking out against the Vietnam War. I have no regrets about that.

I will not fight you," Princess Meria told Rhaenys, "nor will I kneel to you. Dorne has no king. Tell your brother that." "I shall," Rhaenys replied, "but we will come again, Princess, and the next time we shall come with fire and blood.

A wise neuter joins with neither, but uses both, as his honest interest leads him.

I don't use Twitter. I'm a serious person.

My father is an amazing guy - he's a total, total patriot... He loves America ... and he says what's on his mind... He's not like the typical politician who has to pander to everybody.

I think you can be conservative and fight for what you believe in without being mean-spirited or bash people or be ugly about it.

So I think that our foreign policy, the president's strong and principled leadership when it comes to the war against terror and foreign policy is going to be an asset.

Hopefully, at some point, people will at least credit the Republicans with carrying out their oversight responsibilities and with pursuing a principled course of action even in the face of everyone's short-attention spans.

I would give no thought of what the world might say of me, if I could only transmit to posterity the reputation of an honest man.

Men of integrity are generally pretty obstinate, in adhering to an opinion once adopted.

I want to play a real man in all my films, and I define manhood simply: men should be tough, fair, and courageous, never petty, never looking for a fight, but never backing down from one either.

You gotta do it with class and integrity. If not, you're gonna drag yourself through the mud.

To be in opposition is not to be a nihilist. And there is no decent or charted way of making a living at it. It is something you are, not something you do.

To be in opposition is not to be a nihilist. And there is no decent or charted way of making a living at it. It is something you are, and not something you do.

You knew instantly that this was a man who always told the truth as he saw it, whether it was popular or not, who had a set of rules to guide his life and no other rules mattered. He