George McGovern Quotes

Any person of honor chooses rather to lose his honor than to lose his conscience.

I do nothing I regret, man, because I try to do nothing abominable. As long as there is not an abomination, there is nothing to regret, you understand?

Trust that man in nothing who has not a conscience in everything.

There is only one good. And that is to act according to the dictates of one's conscience.

Integrity is the light that shines from a disciplined conscience.

A good man with a good conscience doesn't walk so fast.

Throughout my life, I have always tried to do what is right.

My character has always been important to me. That was the one thing that I knew, no matter what, I had to hold that strong.

A clear conscience is a sure card.

Fear is the mother of morality.

The person that loses their conscience has nothing left worth keeping.

Morality is a test of our conformity rather than our integrity.

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

Don't worry so much about your self-esteem. Worry more about your character. Integrity is its own reward.

My future is righteousness.

A man's vanity tells him what is honor, a man's conscience what is justice.

People must have righteous principals in the first, and then they will not fail to perform virtuous actions.

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.

It's very hard to live with yourself if you don't stick with your moral code.

Is it important to be right or is it important to do what's right? That's one of the hardest lessons to learn.

Integrity gains strength by use.

Men are guided less by conscience than by glory; and yet the shortest way to glory is to be guided by conscience.

If there's one value that is immutable, it's integrity or respect, for others and for yourself.

I shouldn't steal in this world.