Richard G. Scott Quotes

The public wants elected officials who have character. The public wants elected officials who are willing to stand up and say things, even if they don't agree with them.

Stand up for what is right even if you stand alone.

When you have decided that a thing ought to be done and are doing it, never avoid bein seen doing it, though many shall form an unfavorable opinion about it. For if it is not right to do it, avoid doing the thing; but if it is right, why are you afraid of those who shall find fault wrongly?

There is a value in taking a stand whether or not anybody may be noticing it and whether or not it is a risky thing to do.

Political courage is not political suicide.

You know, my family stood for something that they believed in, and I wasn't about to turn my back on them.

It is usually expensive and lonely to be principled.

I always stand up for what I believe and what I want to.

I don't fight for much, but when I fight for something, it's usually because I think I'm going to be right.

The righteous man takes his life in his hand whenever he utters the truth.

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 do not regret having braved public opinion, when I knew it was wrong and was sure it would be merciless.

If a thing is right it can be done, and if it is wrong it can be done without; and a good man will find a way.

I'm telling you, you did what you believed you had to do through all of this. Not what was easiest or best for you. You did what you did, and you're owning it. And I don't know ten men who would be brave enough to do that.

A man dies when he refuses to stand up for that which is right. A man dies when he refuses to stand up for justice. A man dies when he refuses to take a stand for that which is true.

From long familiarity, we know what honor is. It is what enables the individual to do right in the face of complacency and cowardice. It is what enables the soldier to die alone, the political prisoner to resist, the singer to sing her song, hardly appreciated, on a side street.

Whether it's right or wrong, fight for what you believe in.

Lord, give me the wisdom to know what's right and the courage to do what's right-even when it's hard.

Always stand on principle even if you stand alone.

It can take greater courage to stand in opposition to the views of your neighbors or nation than to confront an enemy in combat.

I will not avoid doing what I think is right, though it should draw on me the whole artillery that falsehood and malice can invent, or the credulity a deluded population can swallow.

Stand up for Truth regardless of who steps on it.

I have always been of the opinion that unpopularity earned by doing what is right is not unpopularity at all, but glory.

Doing what is right in the face of adversity is not always easy or popular. Critics may assail you, but the critics don't always realize what they don't know or don't understand, because they don't have access to all the information.

Courage is the ability to do the right thing, all the time, no matter how painful or uncomfortable it might be.