Jean-Luc Godard Quotes

Well, the truth is always what should be told. And the truth and the knowledge of the truth is what everybody should represent, regardless of the consequences of doing it.

Truth is certainly a branch of morality and a very important one to society.

Abraham Lincoln because he was a man filled with great compassion who believed that all men are created free and equal, and was not afraid to stand on that platform. The way Lincoln lived his life has served me well in mine.

What we have in us of the image of God is the love of truth and justice.

Virtue without terror is powerlessness.

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

There is no creature on earth half so terrifying as a truly just man.

Be just, and fear not.

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.

We are all ready to be savage in some cause. The difference between a good man and a bad one is the choice of the cause.

Let us be true: this is the highest maxim of art and of life, the secret of eloquence and of virtue, and of all moral authority.

A man has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do so.

It is not easy to do something good, but it is extremely difficult to do something bad.

Each person has inside a basic decency and goodness. If he listens to it and acts on it, he is giving a great deal of what it is the world needs most. It is not complicated but it takes courage. It takes courage for a person to listen to his own goodness and act on it.

I feel it's in people's nature to want to stop evil and embrace the good.

As a Christian I have no duty to allow myself to be cheated, but I have the duty to be a fighter for truth and justice.

There is little more powerful than when truth joins action.

What is character? It is that quality of man which is going to make a man, in an hour of strain, do the just and, if possible, the generous thing.

You can see how he changed on the surface. But at the core of it all, I think Superman has remained the same - a character with incredible powers but almost superhuman humility and restraint.

There is in the end no remedy but truth. It is the one course that cannot be evil.

Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful.

Good men have the fewest fears. He has but one great fear who fears to do wrong; he has a thousand who has overcome it.

What's right is right, and what's wrong is wrong.

If the Great Way perishes there will morality and duty. When cleverness and knowledge arise great lies will flourish. When relatives fall out with one another there will be filial duty and love. When states are in confusion there will be faithful servants.

The truth is, hardly any of us have ethical energy enough for more than one really inflexible point of honor.