Justin Trudeau Quotes

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

It is as hard and severe a thing to be a true politician as to be truly moral.

I do not believe in a political strategy that does not have a moral foundation.

It is not true that people of high principle are ill-suited for politics.

Democracy or politics done without values and ideals is dangerous for the country.

Donald Trump believes in a right and a wrong.

Don't pretend that you can just be oblivious to politics. You can't. What you never do is break your personal code. Have a code and keep it. You should never compromise what your priorities are.

You do have to keep in mind as you're going through extraordinarily difficult circumstances, that if you stay true, true to your values, if you stay true to your principles, if you believe in these values, then you can work in that context to right policies that may not be working.

Divorced from ethics, leadership is reduced to management and politics to mere technique.

Character is destiny and character is important to American campaigns.

Great leaders are willing to sacrifice the numbers to save the people. Poor leaders sacrifice the people to save the numbers.

For me, integrity is the consistency of words and actions. Part of the way that you do that is to ask people questions on some of the most difficult issues that you confront. 'Take me through where you felt you had to compromise your values.'

The fact is, you never compromise on principles. If people on the far Left, they have a principle to stand by, they should never compromise; those of us on the Right should not either.

I don't compromise my principles for politics.

You know, there's a difference between politicians and leaders. Politicians read poll numbers and compromise. Leaders do what's morally right.

You can’t set aside … values in the name of political expediency.

The Decalogue and the Golden Rule have no place in a political campaign. The commander who lost the battle through the activity of his moral nature would be the derision and jest of history.

[Richard Nixon was:] The greatest moral leader of the last third of this century.

Those who would treat politics and morality apart will never understand the one or the other.

I suppose that an honest man shines more in politics than he does elsewhere.

You have to have enough conviction to stand for something. It doesn't matter if it's the opposing party or your own party.

Statesmen exhibit five key commitments: 1) A commitment to principles above politics; 2) An ability to compromise without abandoning principle; 3) A commitment to truth over spin; 4) A commitment to courage over cowardice; and 5) A commitment, or willingness, to give up power.

To say America can have strong leadership without strong character is to say we can get water without the wet.

We didn't discover our values in a poll taken a week before the convention.

You have to stand for something bigger than yourself.