On some positions, Cowardice asks the question, ‚Is it safe?‘ Expediency asks the question, ‚Is it politic?‘ And Vanity comes along and asks the question, ‚Is it popular?‘ But Conscience asks the question, ‚Is it right?‘

I’ll be glad to reply to or dodge your questions, depending on what I think will help our election most.

Too often the great decisions are originated and given form in bodies made up wholly of men, or so completely dominated by them that whatever of special value women have to offer is shunted aside without expression.

My friends ask me if I want more kids, and I always say yes, I want more; it’s the best thing you can have in your life.

It takes a great deal of character strength to apologize quickly out of one’s heart rather than out of pity. A person must possess himself and have a deep sense of security in fundamental principles and values in order to genuinely apologize.

It is wise to persuade people to do things and make them think it was their own idea.

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.

Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.

Virtue consists, not in abstaining from vice, but in not desiring it.

When anyone has the power to destroy the whole human race in a matter of hours, it becomes a moral issue. The church must speak out.

What is moral is what you feel good after, and what is immoral is what you feel bad after.

There are no moral phenomena at all, but only a moral interpretation of phenomena.

If a man loses his reverence for any part of life, he will lose his reverence for all of life.

Compromise used to mean that half a loaf was better than no bread. Among modern statesmen it really seems to mean that half a loaf; is better than a whole loaf.

People who enjoy meetings should not be in charge of anything.

If you don’t like what you’re doing, then don’t do it.

A return to first principles in a republic is sometimes caused by the simple virtues of one man. His good example has such an influence that the good men strive to imitate him, and the wicked are ashamed to lead a life so contrary to his example.

The most dangerous criminal now is the entirely lawless modern philosopher. Compared to him, burglars and bigamists are essentially moral men.

SEALs are human beings. We may all have the same haircuts, but we aren’t robots. Some SEALs are great people. Some are not great people. Some have done unspeakably terrible things. You’re dealing with different people, different dreams, different desires.

We are all ready to be savage in some cause. The difference between a good man and a bad one is the choice of the cause.

You can not divorce religious belief and public service. I’ve never detected any conflict between God’s will and my political duty. If you violate one, you violate the other.

I can tell you this: If I’m ever in a position to call the shots, I’m not going to rush to send somebody else’s kids into a war.

I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.

Every fact is related on one side to sensation, and, on the other, to morals. The game of thought is, on the appearance of one of these two sides, to find the other: given the upper, to find the under side.

I think I became more productive through not having children. I never really had the desire to have them. My husband didn’t want them either, so it worked out well.

A puritan is a person who pours righteous indignation into the wrong things.

To succeed, jump as quickly at opportunities as you do at conclusions.

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

I think your values are always influenced by your family and your community.

Non-violence, which is the quality of the heart, cannot come by an appeal to the brain.

The people themselves, and not their servants, can safely reverse their own deliberate decisions.

No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another good counsel, and no man so wise that he may not easily err if he takes no other counsel than his own. He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.

I don’t believe in signing anything and everything that comes my way. I leave it to my agency to help narrow them down for me, but I do research it myself before signing. The image of the brand and its ambassadors go hand in hand.

If it wasn’t for the fun and money, I really don’t know why I’d bother.

It is a fine thing to be honest, but it is also very important to be right.

I think God gives every one of us our own will, and unfortunately, some people choose to do evil things with it.

Money can’t buy life.

The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react.

At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst.

I can never say ‚why‘ about anything I do. I suppose I can say ‚how‘ and ‚when‘ and ‚what.‘ But ‚why‘ is impenetrable to me.

Do FBI Agents and FBI directors have political beliefs? Sure they do. But they’re not supposed to act on them.

If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same.

We are much beholden to Machiavel and others, that write what men do, and not what they ought to do.

You have to just make the choices you make in life. I made the choices I made because I believed they were right for me.

You start to become successful, and everybody starts to drive your money train to the bank, and they’re not thinking anymore about what you want as an artist or if any of that even matters to you. It genuinely upsets people in my life that I don’t care about money, and that’s not my problem.

There are no easy answers, but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right.

I think where political issues invade moral situations, spiritual leaders have to speak out.

One of the great strengths of the United States is… we have a very large Christian population – we do not consider ourselves a Christian nation or a Jewish nation or a Muslim nation. We consider ourselves a nation of citizens who are bound by ideals and a set of values.

Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.

It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide on what to do.

The more a person seeks security, the more that person gives up control over their life.

There are definitely people who disagree with certain creative decisions you make. Pleasing everyone is pretty hard.

To assert in any case that a man must be absolutely cut off from society because he is absolutely evil amounts to saying that society is absolutely good, and no-one in his right mind will believe this today.

The human race is a race of cowards; and I am not only marching in that procession but carrying a banner.

I do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of established religion.

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

Before I lost my voice, it was slurred, so only those close to me could understand, but with the computer voice, I found I could give popular lectures. I enjoy communicating science. It is important that the public understands basic science, if they are not to leave vital decisions to others.

I think you have a moral responsibility when you’ve been given far more than you need, to do wise things with it and give intelligently.

To keep your character intact you cannot stoop to filthy acts. It makes it easier to stoop the next time.

Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage.

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.