Benigno Aquino III Quotes

It is not honorable to take a mere legal advantage, when it happens to be contrary to justice

I think most people know inherently that good wins.

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.

Moral authority comes from following universal and timeless principles like honesty, integrity, treating people with respect.

The right thing to do never requires any subterfuge, it is always simple and direct.

The sturdiest pillars of human morality are compassion and a sense of justice.

I don't steal things. I'm rich.

Defending the truth is not something one does out of a sense of duty or to allay guilt complexes, but is a reward in itself.

It is better to use fair means and fail, than foul and conquer.

All virtue is summed up in dealing justly.

No one has any license to brag because he is honest. That should be natural instinct and, besides, if you are not, they put you in jail. Honesty is merely a form of insurance.

A whistle-blower is a public servant of the highest order.

We ought never to do wrong when anyone is looking.

Virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government.

Truth is always in harmony with herself, and is not concerned chiefly to reveal the justice that may consist with wrong-doing.

My intention has never to commit something wrong and I have always believed in abiding the law.

I have to be honest with myself, and make sure I am doing things the right way.

I stand for what's right. That's the bottom line. I call it like I see it.

Do what is right because it is right.

Though you cannot see, when you take one step, what will be the next, yet follow truth, justice, and plain dealing, and never fear their leading you out of [any difficult situation] in the easiest manner possible.

With integrity, you have nothing to fear, since you have nothing to hide. With integrity, you will do the right thing, so you will have no guilt.

It may not always be easy, convenient, or politically correct to stand for truth and right, but it is the right thing to do. Always.

Be thou incapable of change in that which is right, and men will rely upon thee. Establish unto thyself principles of action; and see that thou ever act according to them. First know that thy principles are just, and then be thou.

If you make that decision, that you'll always follow that rule, then your commitment to do it sinks into your heart, and when you realize the benefits of having integrity time after time, it really changes your heart, not just your head.

We are men of action, lies do not become us.