Alan Mollohan Quotes

Confidence in others' honesty is no light testimony of one's own integrity.

Most of us [members of Congress] are honest at all times, and all of us are honest most of the time.

Trustworthiness is the thing that you need the most going to a presidential election. Honest and trustworthy is one of the main questions in any presidential election.

Would you want to do business with a person who was 99% honest?

And I'm afraid, in this day and age, trust, which I count so, you know, I love loyalty. I love trust.

Be true to your work, your word, and your friend.

I'm not saying I'm the perfect role model. But I'm honest. Period.

I do not think that I am a person who cannot be trusted.

The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible, no matter whether it is on a section gang, a football field, in an army, or in an office.

Promise keeping is a powerful means of grace in a time when people hardly depend on each other to remember and live by their word.

It is impossible that a man who is false to his friends and neighbors should be true to the public.

There is no debt more lawful than the word of a just man nor anything which binds our actions more than a promise.

He that resolves to deal with none but honest men, must leave off dealing.

[Defining an honest politician:] ... a bastard who will stay bought.

Confidence... thrives on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection and on unselfish performance.

I'm a loyal guy. I'm a man of my word, and I assumed other people would be that way. That's just not the case in life.

Your personal integrity, once established and earned, people don't have to think about it. They know. They know you. They know you'll do the right thing every time.

Loyalty and honesty, those are important.

I think that a sense of loyalty is something that a lot of people lack, just period, in life.

I'll never cheat.

I am not a cheater.

Personally, I have never considered myself corrupt or seen the need to be so. People are judged as what they are perceived to be.

Never, ever cheat, especially yourself, even if you are absolutely, positively sure that you can get away with it.

Maybe my expectations for honesty are too high.

I understand why we do that now. It’s a help, not a threat. It’s something to remind you how important words are. Ideas are important. Principles are important. Words are important. Your word is the most important of all. Your word is who you are.