Quotes About Principled

West Pointers tend to be rigorously honest - more than necessary, in my view.

I always like to do the things that I think are right. I am not trying to be a model, I am trying to be myself and do the right things. If what I am doing is a model, or is an example, is the right example, I am very happy, but I don't pretend that.

I'm a basically decent person.

I had made a decision early on that we were going to do the right things and that if they worked we were going to be very successful. And if for some reason they didn't, all the claims and the protestations and the excuses wouldn't make any difference.

I think Detective Murdoch would say that what sets Canada apart is that we are known for being above board, that we don't fudge numbers and misrepresent ourselves.

I suffered during the military intervention of May 27, 1960, and then again on March 12, 1971 and again on September 12, 1980, and I was targeted February 28, 1997. My respect for the military aside, I have always been against interventions.

Student life taught me a lesson - never bow down your head. Be straightforward and bold in whatever you do.

Well, look, I'm as Tea Party as it gets.

Like Jesus, we must make the decision that we will never alter, amend, compromise, dilute, or mitigate truth to make our listeners more comfortable or to gain a following.

new cowboy": respectable, honest, good-hearted,

correcting errors is a waste of time if the one you are correcting attributes his own beliefs to principled, unprejudiced inquiry, while attributing the beliefs of those who disagree with him to bias and ulterior motives.

Well, I can admire stubbornness in a man. There is little to a man who's too easily biddable.

Vegans are always wrong, but damn pleased with themselves

Never compromise. Not even in the face of Armageddon.

Nite-Owl: Rorschach...? Rorschach, wait! Where are you going? This is too big to be hard-assed about! We have to compromise! Rorschach: No. Not even in the face of Armageddon. Never compromise.

First and foremost, a leader should strive to be an individual of flawless character, technical competence, and moral courage.

Being trustworthy requires: Doing the right thing. And doing things right.

For principled reasons, Einstein's spacetime cannot be foundational in physics

Resolved, never to do anything which I should be afraid to do if it were the last hour of my life.

A man who cannot be enticed by money or intimidated by the threat of jail or death has two of the strongest weapons that anyone has to offer.

to remain silent is out of the question for a strong and honest man.

You're worse than decent. You're virtuous.

Some early approaches were deeply principled, but the associated programs made assumptions about hardware that were no longer valid a few years later; readers, looking first at the details of implementation, said "Oh, this is old stuff - it's not relevant to us at all", and missed the still important ideas of the research. All too frequently, too, researchers have simply reinvented things known in other disciplines for years.

I refused to pair with a Tory MP, I refused all foreign junkets and I've never had a drink in a Westminster bar.