Walter Lippmann Quotes

The imperative is to define what is right and do it.

But rarely have I made choices that made me feel I was really compromising what I believe.

It is far more important to me to preserve an unblemished conscience than to compass any object however great.

What are the values that give meaning? What is the line that you will never cross, because on this side you're good, and on this side you're evil.

My moral compass is strong.

I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year's fashions, even though I long ago came to the conclusion that I was not a political person and could have no comfortable place in any political group.

Public policy should be conducted on those principles which constitute virtue in private life.

Conscience is the highest of all Courts.

[A] well-formed Christian conscience does not permit one to vote for a political program or an individual law which contradicts the fundamental contents of faith and morals.

Some voices are calling on America to circle the wagons. Some are even saying that our enemies do worse, so we should respond in kind. The problem here is that this is America. This is a constitutional republic based on the rule of law and equal respect for all persons. We can’t pretend that we can bend the rules any which way. We made the rules for ourselves. We have to live by them

Moral liberty is the power of following, in all circumstances, our sense of right and wrong, or of acting in conformity to our reflecting and moral principles, without being controlled by any contrary principles.

The national policy would be laid in the pure and immutable principles of private morality

I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year's fashions.

A policy ought to start with some principle.

If we leave our values at the door, we give up some of the moral glue that has held our country together

Leadership is not manifested by coercion, even against the resented. Greatness is not manifested by unlimited pragmatism, which places such a high premium on the end justifying any means and any methods.

Our policies must be premised on, and must reinforce, values such as family, hard work, integrity and personal responsibility.

Let our lives be in accordance with our convictions of right, each striving to carry out our principles.

Occasionally the conflict between 'what we stand for' and 'what we do' has been forthrightly addressed.

I'm never concerned about my beliefs hurting me in any way. I'd rather lose a job than have to lie.

I don't want to regret doing something that I don't believe in.

I'm never gonna sell my soul or violate myself for no amount of dollars or fame.

I would not allow CIA to undertake activity that is immoral, even if it is technically legal.

My conscience won't allow me to do films I thought were bad but were going to make money.

I think my moral ground is very much intact.