David Lammy Quotes

We artists have the dignity to tell the truth to the people, unlike politicians.

I cannot flinch from saying such things in public. As a Representative of the People I am duty bound to do so. Justice cries out to me not to dissemble.

When a man assumes a public trust, he should consider himself as public property.

The best theater is trying to tell the truth, and the best politics is trying to tell the truth.

When you see corruption, when you see injustice, you speak up. You don't just shut up and say it's none of my business.

Would that the simple maxim, that honesty is the best policy, might be laid to heart; that a sense of the true aim of life might elevate the tone of politics and trade till public and private honor become identical.

As a citizen of this country, I've got to be honest to the people of South Africa.

I could never be a career politician, because I believe in telling the truth.

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.

There is no shame in black athletes not wanting to be role models, but there should be shame when they don't behave like one. It's a free country and people can do whatever they want. But just because we can doesn't mean we should.

My conscience does not permit me to run for the presidency or any other official position unless it is within a democratic framework.

Ethics in government has always been important to me.

We have the Bill of Rights. What we need is a Bill of Responsibilities.

Having been given that public trust, we have a responsibility to share with the public.

Society has always to demand a little more from human beings than it will get in practice.

Good scientists will fight the system rather than learn to work with the system.

You ask men in office to be honest; I ask them to serve the public.

Someone needs to tell the truth, but it shouldn't be my job.

The European model is in danger if we obliterate the principle of personal responsibility.

By definition, a government has no conscience. Sometimes it has a policy, but nothing more.

It is time in the West to defend not so much human rights as human obligations.

Telling the truth, and confronting the challenge, is what politics is about.

For years now I have been talking about personal responsibility and accountability, both in our private lives and in the halls of government. Those are important principles here in Idaho, and they will form the basis of this administration.

I'll tell you the truth, even in an election year, and that's what people are ready for.

The vast majority of politicians think they are functioning on high principle.