Billy Graham Quotes

I've always told the truth. I've often been wrong - but I've never knowingly lied. Not in public life. Because I don't see the need to.

Whenever you do a thing, tho' it can never be known but to yourself, ask yourself how you would act were all the world looking at you and act accordingly.

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

We ought never to do wrong when anyone is looking.

Unlike Casey Cagle, I will always do the right thing, even when no one is looking.

Let nothing be done in your life, which will cause you fear if it becomes known to your neighbor.

Let every Latter-day Saint give value received for everything he gets, whether it be in work, or whatever he does.

There are actually very few US politicians who have integrity and vision.

It's a big challenge for me to keep my integrity and some of my privacy intact.

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

Honesty, integrity, and accountability, the values, which should be the hallmark of this government, have instead been thrown under the bus by an arrogant majority, casualties in a misguided campaign to shield from accountability those who abuse this House.

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.

There's one thing very important to me in business and for the long-term: always be honest with people. For the past 60 years, I always pay my debts.

I don't think anyone can say I have said one thing in public and done another in private.

I'm a longtime believer in the old adage that sunlight is the best disinfectant, particularly in politics.

Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.

No man should advocate a course in private that he's ashamed to admit in public.

I value my reputation. I work hard to avoid even the appearance of impropriety.

Be honest. Be honest with yourself, be honest with, you know, your fellow politicians. This is a rare quality of politicians.

Honesty is a good thing, but it is not profitable to its possessor unless it is kept under control.

If it stands the test of public scrutiny, do it... if it doesn't stand the test of public scrutiny then don't do it.

Congruence, integration, responsibility and integrity are the values that I stand for.

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

Those who fight corruption should be clean themselves.

At least I'm going into the job with clean hands.