Dan Webster Quotes

But the relationship of morality and power is a very subtle one. Because ultimately power without morality is no longer power.

Apart from values and ethics which I have tried to live by, the legacy I would like to leave behind is a very simple one - that I have always stood up for what I consider to be the right thing, and I have tried to be as fair and equitable as I could be.

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.

Actions will be judged according to intentions.

We’re not here to bring politics to our morality, but to bring morality to our politics.

While I'm the Attorney General, we will address each issue with one question: What's the right thing to do?

I was taught that the search for truth and the search for justice are not incompatible and are, in fact, essential.

I will never cheat in any walk of life.

Power without abuse loses its charm.

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

There is no man more dangerous, in a position of power, than he who refuses to accept as a working truth the idea that all a man does should make for rightness and soundness, that even the fixing of a tariff rate must be moral.

Know the difference between principles based on right or wrong vs. principles based on personal gain, and consider the basis of your own principles.

You may have the might, but that does not necessarily make you right.

In politics, the people I most despise are those who have no values.

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

Ethics are more important than laws.

I do not mean that you could continue to do this with propriety or even with safety; I merely assert that the power is, in point of fact, in your hands. And for such a power, what a responsibility to God and man!

People should be judged by the principles they espouse and the principles they betray.

All Americans want our government to have a moral compass.

I have huge respect for whistle-blowers, people who stand up against their bosses and losing their careers, just for truth and justice.

As exhausted as they may be, Republicans need to appeal to their sense of consciousness. To their principles. To what is right and wrong. To American values.

Ethics and power are separate.

Seeking justice is always our goal, but we see many too willing to circumvent that.

I'm a law-and-order girl: I like people who do the right thing.

Justice, not expedience, must be the guiding light. The orator must fix his eye on the polestar of justice, and plough straight thither. The moment he glances toward expediency, he falls from his high estate.