Truly, I would not hang a dog by my will, much more a man who hath any honesty in him.

Scouting is nothing less than applied Christianity.

I would never do a commercial if I thought it was offensive to anyone.

There is something in the unselfish and self-sacrificing love of a brute, which goes directly to the heart of him who has had frequent occasion to test the paltry friendship and gossamer fidelity of mere Man.

In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the old they are a comfort and aid in their weakness, and those in the prime of life they incite to noble deeds.

The dropping of bombs on people – isn’t that terrorism?

If we are to go forward, we must go back and rediscover those precious values – that all reality hinges on moral foundations and that all reality has spiritual control.

I would like to be remembered as a guy who had a set of priorities, and was willing to live by those priorities. In terms of accomplishments, my biggest accomplishment is that I kept the country safe amidst a real danger.

Getting money is not all a man’s business: to cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.

Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.

Without a moral framework, there is nothing left but immediate self-indulgence by some and the path of least resistance by others. Neither can sustain a free society.

And whether you’re an honest man, or whether you’re a thief, depends on whose solicitor has given me my brief.

Well, I thought the deal was, when you went to work for the government you weren’t supposed to make money!

The Constitution is the guide which I never will abandon.

Confidence… thrives on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection and on unselfish performance. Without them it cannot live.

Truly it is an evil to be full of faults; but it is a still greater evil to be full of them and to be unwilling to recognize them, since that is to add the further fault of a voluntary illusion.

Test a servant while in the discharge of his duty, a relative in difficulty, a friend in adversity, and a wife in misfortune.

My parents were the same in the pulpit as they were at home. I think that’s where a lot of preachers‘ kids get off base sometimes. Because they don’t see the same things at both places.

Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.

Tricks and treachery are the practice of fools, that don’t have brains enough to be honest.

To hold a man down, you have to stay down with him.

The greatest legacy one can pass on to one’s children and grandchildren is not money or other material things accumulated in one’s life, but rather a legacy of character and faith.

No legacy is so rich as honesty.

An honest man’s the noblest work of God.

If someone lies, well, you had a choice to trust that person or not. I think the way my father raised me, well, he trusted everybody. And that worked for him.

Reparations – not just aid – should be provided by those responsible for devastating Iraqi civilian society by cruel sanctions and military actions, and – together with other criminal states – for supporting Saddam Hussein through his worst atrocities and beyond. That is the minimum that honesty requires.

The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated.

There is a blessed necessity by which the interest of men is always driving them to the right; and, again, making all crime mean and ugly.

Ingratitude is the essence of vileness.

If you talk bad about country music, it’s like saying bad things about my momma. Them’s fightin‘ words.

Moral authority comes from following universal and timeless principles like honesty, integrity, treating people with respect.

It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.

In matters of conscience, the law of the majority has no place.

I can do no other than be reverent before everything that is called life. I can do no other than to have compassion for all that is called life. That is the beginning and the foundation of all ethics.

Don’t lie about anything, ever. Lying leads to Hell.

A friend to all is a friend to none.

No one can be happy who has been thrust outside the pale of truth. And there are two ways that one can be removed from this realm: by lying, or by being lied to.

To terrify children with the image of hell… to consider women an inferior creation. Is that good for the world?

As long as the people don’t fear the truth, there is hope. For once they fear it, the one who tells it doesn’t stand a chance. And today, truth is still beautiful… but so frightening.

‚Tis not enough your counsel still be true; Blunt truths more mischief than nice falsehoods do.

Principles are guidelines for human conduct that are proven to have enduring, permanent value.

If I made a commitment, I stood by that commitment – and try to make it real. Because when you become leaders, the most important thing you have is your word, your trust. That’s where respect comes from.

If men were born free, they would, so long as they remained free, form no conception of good and evil.

The American people are bigger than any president. I suppose I have faith in my country and in what it is founded on and the values we hold dear.

The influence of a mother upon the lives of her children cannot be measured. They know and absorb her example and attitudes when it comes to questions of honesty, temperance, kindness, and industry.

‚Some Kind Of Monster‘ is such a nightmare for any musician to watch because you’re watching a band be honest to each other. Not a good idea, man!

A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.

A system of morality which is based on relative emotional values is a mere illusion, a thoroughly vulgar conception which has nothing sound in it and nothing true.

The time has come for all evangelists to practice full financial disclosure. The world is watching how we walk and how we talk. We must have the highest standards of morality, ethics and integrity if we are to continue to have influence.

Happy is he who still loves something he loved in the nursery: He has not been broken in two by time; he is not two men, but one, and he has saved not only his soul but his life.

I worked in ad sales. I would call up local businesses and try to get them to buy ads in the paper. The whole time, I felt like I was just scamming people.

Blessedness is not the reward of virtue but virtue itself.

A strong argument for the religion of Christ is this – that offences against Charity are about the only ones which men on their death-beds can be made – not to understand – but to feel – as crime.

It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

I think everyone should approach relationships from the perspective of playing it straight and giving someone the benefit of the doubt. Until he establishes that this is a game. And if it’s a game, you need to win. The best thing to do is just walk away from the table.

A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business.

We all have the duty to do good.

A man without ethics is a wild beast loosed upon this world.

As a former resident with strong personal and ministry ties to the North Star State, I pray that the good people of Minnesota will show their support for God’s definition of marriage, between a man and a woman.

The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home.