May we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.

I don’t have stylistic loyalty. That’s why people perceive me changing all the time. But there is a real continuity in my subject matter. As an artist of artifice, I do believe I have more integrity than any one of my contemporaries.

People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I’m not a crook. I earned everything I’ve got.

No amount of ability is of the slightest avail without honor.

Disagreement is something normal.

A man dies when he refuses to stand up for that which is right. A man dies when he refuses to stand up for justice. A man dies when he refuses to take a stand for that which is true.

OVOXO will always be there.

I deserve respect for the things I did not do.

I stand by all the misstatements that I’ve made.

All of us knows, not what is expedient, not what is going to make us popular, not what the policy is, or the company policy – but in truth each of us knows what is the right thing to do. And that’s how I am guided.

I’ll never tell a lie. I’ll never make a misleading statement. I’ll never betray the confidence that any of you had in me. And I’ll never avoid a controversial issue.

When in doubt tell the truth.

The truth is, hardly any of us have ethical energy enough for more than one really inflexible point of honor.

Politics and the pulpit are terms that have little agreement.

Good governance with good intentions is the hallmark of our government. Implementation with integrity is our core passion.

The difference between a moral man and a man of honor is that the latter regrets a discreditable act, even when it has worked and he has not been caught.

True friends stab you in the front.

I understand everybody in this country doesn’t agree with the decisions I’ve made. And I made some tough decisions. But people know where I stand.

Always prefer the plain direct word to the long, vague one. Don’t implement promises, but keep them.

Some people will have to be afraid. Those who plunder the nation, deliver injustice, will have to feel scared of me. And I am not afraid of admitting this. Government cannot be so lenient that it forgives them.

A promise must never be broken.

The best way to keep one’s word is not to give it.

The more people rationalize cheating, the more it becomes a culture of dishonesty. And that can become a vicious, downward cycle. Because suddenly, if everyone else is cheating, you feel a need to cheat, too.

To me, consensus seems to be the process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values and policies. So it is something in which no one believes and to which no one objects.

My brother Bob doesn’t want to be in government – he promised Dad he’d go straight.

I want to be an honest man and a good writer.

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty, and persistence.

I love that we can trust Barack to do what he says he’s going to do, even when it’s hard – especially when it’s hard.

Suppose I criticise Iran. What impact does that have? The only impact it has is in fortifying those who want to carry out policies I don’t agree with, like bombing.

Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great.

Means we use must be as pure as the ends we seek.

Sometimes we be playing the politics too much and forget who we are just to win.

The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.

The moment there is suspicion about a person’s motives, everything he does becomes tainted.

I was really too honest a man to be a politician and live.

One thing about me is I try to be honest.

The Constitution is the guide which I never will abandon.

The scab is a traitor to his God, his mother, and his class.

One thing I hope I’ll never be is drunk with my own power. And anybody who says I am will never work in this town again.

There’s no point in saying anything but the truth.

A false friend and a shadow attend only while the sun shines.

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

Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it.

It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.

To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity.

I am not a crook.

It shows ‚us vs. them‘, and I’m on the ‚us‘ side.

Let me define a leader. He must have vision and passion and not be afraid of any problem. Instead, he should know how to defeat it. Most importantly, he must work with integrity.

The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible, no matter whether it is on a section gang, a football field, in an army, or in an office.

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life – in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do as well as to talk; and to make our words and actions all of a color.

Honesty is the best policy – when there is money in it.

Integrity means that you are the same in public as you are in private.

The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell.

Where is the man who has the strength to be true, and to show himself as he is?

A lie cannot live.

A noble person attracts noble people, and knows how to hold on to them.

Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends.

The man of life upright has a guiltless heart, free from all dishonest deeds or thought of vanity.

A friend to all is a friend to none.

I can’t very well be teaching one way and living my life another way. What I do in life must be consistent with the things I say. And the same goes for you.