Alan Greenspan Quotes

To say America can have strong leadership without strong character is to say we can get water without the wet.

Rules cannot take the place of character.

Never compromise your principles, even if it leads to difficulties in the short term.

It is not true that people of high principle are ill-suited for politics.

Without Virtue there can be no liberty

"On my honor" - what an ennobling phrase! Three short words, nine letters, but the summation of all we call character. From the Boy Scout's Oath.

Integrity is the core of our character.

Possessed of courage but devoid of morality, a superior man will make trouble while a small man will be a brigand.

Morality is truth in full bloom.

A man of character will make himself worthy of any position he is given.

Rather a man with 50 per cent ability and 100 per cent character than a man with 100 per cent ability and 50 per cent character.

I believe in good, having morals, be a decent person.

Ethics, decency and morality are the real soldiers

Integrity is the light that shines from a disciplined conscience.

Character in many ways is everything in leadership. It is made up of many things, but I would say character is really integrity.

Character is made by what you stand for;reputation by what you fall for.

People are either good or they're not. Religion doesn't make anybody good, I don't think.

There is no substitute for character. You can buy brains but you cannot buy character.

I thank God that I left office the same way I came in: with integrity.

The integrity of men is to be measured by their conduct, not by their professions.

Integrity is the core of our character. Without integrity, we have a weak foundation upon which to build other Christlike characteristics.

Recommend to your children virtue; that alone can make them happy, not gold.

I stress character, character, character.

Conduct is three-fourths of our life and its largest concern.

I was raised to understand and know the difference between right and wrong.