Ana Navarro Quotes

Ethics are more important than laws.

If principles don't determine what you are going to pass or do, then power will.

All Americans want our government to have a moral compass.

A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.

It does not matter what party you are a member of in this great Nation of ours. Accountability and competence are characteristics that Americans value throughout our great land.

History shows that Americans believe in doing the right thing.

We’re not here to bring politics to our morality, but to bring morality to our politics.

The great political questions are in their final analysis great moral questions.

While I'm the Attorney General, we will address each issue with one question: What's the right thing to do?

Seeking justice is always our goal, but we see many too willing to circumvent that.

I just want people to know that whatever decisions are made on any issue, I'll make them according to what I believe is in the public interest and my own conscience.

Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or who says it.

Be fair in all your dealings, may it be in your family or in your business. At the end of it all, what matters is not how much money you make but how honest you are.

In just about every area of society, there's nothing more important than ethics.

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.

The moral values, ethical codes and laws that guide our choices in normal times are, if anything, even more important to help us navigate the confusing and disorienting time of a disaster.

It is my hope that as South Carolina senators, that we will stand up for what is best and good about our state.

In politics, the people I most despise are those who have no values.

My feeling is that the hero has now been defined by phrases like the odious one that we were all raised with - crimes does not pay. Of course it pays, you schmuck. That's not why we don't do it. We don't do it because it is wrong.

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

We must never lose sight of the fact that the law has a moral foundation, and we must never fail to ask ourselves not only what the law is, but what the law should be.

I have never taken a job or done a job where I felt I needed to leave my conscience at the door. One of the the great things about not being in politics as a career is that I can do this job without thinking about my career. I can think about what we're trying to do, what we're trying to accomplish and what we're trying to leave.

When you go to the polls, ethics and morality should be part of the evaluation.

Human and moral factors must always be considered. They must never be missing from policies and from public discussion.

Apart from values and ethics which I have tried to live by, the legacy I would like to leave behind is a very simple one - that I have always stood up for what I consider to be the right thing, and I have tried to be as fair and equitable as I could be.