Dick Murphy Quotes

One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes... and the choices we make are ultimately our responsibility.

I've always tried to keep my integrity and keep my autonomy.

There comes a time in your life when you focus solely on what you believe is right, regardless of what everybody else is doing.

I am led by what I find to be true, not what I find to be popular.

The way I look at it, I'd rather make my own mistakes than have people make them for me.

I think the one thing that most stands out is that my father always did what he believed to be the right thing to do and he always told us that we had to go our own way even if he disagreed.

I've always been able to make choices that don't embarrass me.

I am ready and prepared to work with the President, but I will not be a rubber stamp for any president.

I've always told Will, 'You can do whatever you want as long as you can look at yourself in the mirror and be okay.' Because at the end of the day, Will is his own man. I'm here as his partner, but he is his own man. He has to decide who he wants to be, and that's not for me to do for him. Or vice versa.

I came not from within the administration, and it was clear and clear in our discussions and no one asked otherwise that I would lead this the way I thought best and I would speak the truth as we found it.

I make up my own mind in light of available facts, with my own experience and a sense of personal ethics.

I never know what South Carolina thinks. I never consult her. I act to the best of my judgment, and according to my conscience. If she approves, well and good. If she does not, or wishes any one to take my place, I am ready to vacate.

I'm a man who makes his own decisions and sticks with them; I think there's a lot of integrity in that.

I'm an honest person and don't lead my life on other people's terms.

A personal code of conduct that you follow is far better than a social code of conduct that you are forced to follow.

To me, it's about always trying to make decisions that reflect my leadership and who I am.

Playing nice isn't really something that's in my vocabulary. I just do what I think is right.

I really like individualism based on truth.

In matters of conscience that is the best sense which every wise man takes in before he hath sullied his understanding with the designs of sophisters and interested persons.

You have to choose the best, every day, without compromise...guided by your own virtue and highest ambition

Whatever the outcome may be, the important thing is to step forward on the path that you believe is right.

Integrity, the choice between what's convenient and what's right.

I think that whoever is the attorney general, you don't want them to be as a yes person for any particular constituency.

I depend a lot on my own judgment, for better or worse.

Governments can't keep looking over the shoulder or at the constellation of stars. You have got to do what you have got to do.