George T. Conway III Quotes

Character is the only secure foundation of the state.

No government any more than an individual will long be respected, without being truly respectable.

All Lords [legislative representatives] of the Five Nations Confederacy must be honest in all things. They must not idle or gossip, but be men possessing those honorable qualities that make true royaneh. It shall be a serious wrong for anyone to lead a Lord into trivial affairs, for the people must ever hold their Lords high in estimation out of respect to their honorable positions.

The public wants elected officials who have character. The public wants elected officials who are willing to stand up and say things, even if they don't agree with them.

You know, at the end of the day, the only thing you have is trust and honor in this world. That's all you have. All you have is your reputation built on trust and your personal honor. When you don't have that anymore, well, you know, there you go. Trust was broken.

There is no man more dangerous, in a position of power, than he who refuses to accept as a working truth the idea that all a man does should make for rightness and soundness, that even the fixing of a tariff rate must be moral.

Being honest with the public is how they respect you.

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.

I will make a general statement that we have not had anything like the policy of holding people in high office responsible for their acts that I think we should.

I very much believe in values-based leadership and that the values that I believe in and try to govern by are transcendent values.

I don't claim any moral or ethical high ground, but I also have chosen not to run for public office. Shouldn't there be a higher standard of conduct for public officials?

It's important to be honest and truthful with your constituents. At the end of the day, we represent them.

It is true that integrity alone won't make you a leader, but without integrity you will never be one.

Congruence, integration, responsibility and integrity are the values that I stand for.

I promise not to become a source of shame for you.

If I conduct myself publicly and privately in a way that is honorable, not just to the people of the district that I represent but to God, then I will feel like I have been successful.

It's impossible to speak what it is not noble to do.

Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.

Who sows virtue reaps honor.

The important thing is to do the right thing. Then credibility will follow.

What we want is a moral revolution, not one that people associate with street riots and the disorganization of life. A transformation of attitudes that will introduce normal, moral order in the functioning of the state. An order whereby honesty is a positive value, and dishonesty a negative one.

Never descend to the ways of those above you.

In the absence of their superior's adherence to the law, honorable men either speak up or get out

In public politics as in private life, character is better than brains, and loyalty more valuable than either.

I will never break the word of a prince spoken in a public place, for my honor's sake.