John Kasich Quotes

If there are issues, if there's wrongdoing, people have to be held accountable and we have to try to deter future bad behavior.

Our culture does not teach us this, but what happens in Vegas does not stay in Vegas. If you cheat in Vegas, it comes right home with you. If you cheat in Vegas, you walk home as a cheater. You lie awake at a night a cheater. You cannot escape it.

In the game of cricket, a hero is a person who respects the game and does not corrupt the game. The one who doesn't or corrupts the game, they are the villain. They should be punished, and they have been punished in the past.

In science, if you stand up and say something you know is not correct, that's career-ending. It used to be that way in politics, but not anymore.

I hate cheating. I won’t put up with it. I don’t do it myself.

When you have a problem, if you tell the truth, the problem becomes part of your past. If you lie, it becomes part of your future.

sometimes it's okay to cheat on things - but don't ever cheat on people. because once you start, it's very hard to stop. you find out how easy it is to do.

If someone committed a crime, they will no longer work in my administration.

I'd sooner live among people who don't cheat at cards than among people who are earnest about not cheating at cards.

We cannot reward incompetence and deceit. We need to demand more than what Hillary Clinton offers for America.

Every night I go over what I did in the day, in ethical or moral terms. Have I treated people properly? Did I tell the truth?

The more people rationalize cheating, the more it becomes a culture of dishonesty. And that can become a vicious, downward cycle. Because suddenly, if everyone else is cheating, you feel a need to cheat, too.

Honesty, integrity, and accountability, the values, which should be the hallmark of this government, have instead been thrown under the bus by an arrogant majority, casualties in a misguided campaign to shield from accountability those who abuse this House.

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

I learned one thing in Watergate: I was well-intentioned but rationalized illegal behavior. You cannot live your life other than walking in the truth. Your means are as important as your ends.

I think character is real important. And you know, and I think the public does.

There is a yearning for people to return to elementary moral virtues, such as integrity and commitment. We distrust people who have no centering of values. We greatly respect businessmen, for example, if they display those virtues, even if we don't necessarily agree with the people.

There is no truth without responsibility following in its wake.

Every man should be considered as having a right to the character which he deserves; that is, to be spoken of according to his actions.

I think you have an obligation to be honest.

Being honest with the public is how they respect you.

Let us be tried by our actions.

When an athlete has relegated the persistent rumors of cheating to the back room of the mind, he hasn't really forgotten them. And when he glances back to where rumors hunker in the darkness, he hopes with a savage heart that somehow, some day, those cheaters will be brought to justice.

It was a department where you had honesty and integrity stamped right on you when you came into the Los Angeles Police Department. If you violated that, or if you were a dishonest cop, you were terrible. We got rid of you as quickly as possible.

I like honesty and fair play.