Rousas John Rushdoony Quotes

I am committed to making Georgia a model for open and honest government.

The happiness of every country depends upon the character of its people, rather than the form of its government.

Good government is the outcome of private virtue.

And let me tell you, you boys of America, that there is no higher inspiration to any man to be a good man, a good citizen, and a good son, brother, or father, than the knowledge that you come from honest blood.

The form of government is of much less importance than the character of the men who administer it.

Ethics must be reintroduced to public service to restore people's faith in government. Without such faith, democracy cannot flourish. Your ambitious agenda is filling a desperate need.

I have my disagreements with President Obama, but President Obama has run an amazingly scandal-free administration, not only he himself, but the people around him. He's chosen people who have been pretty scandal-free.

Government that is open and honest will always be able to withstand the light of day.

People today are desperate for leaders, but they want to be influenced only by individuals they can trust, persons of good character.

People should not worry as much about what they do but rather about what they are. If they and their ways are good, then their deeds are radiant... it is not our works which sanctify us but we who sanctify our works.

No free government can stand without virtue in the people, and a lofty spirit of partiotism.

I ask that all Americans demonstrate in their personal and public lives... the high ethical standards that are essential to good character and to the continued success of our Nation.

There is something good about the character of Gomez. I wouldn't trade the association with him for anything or any role that I might have missed.

Character, my friends, is a byproduct. It is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.

Better fare hard with good men than feast it with bad.

Major Major had lied, and it was good. He was not really surprised that it was good, for he had observed that people who did lie were, on the whole, more resourceful and ambitious and successful than people who did not lie.

I was once a fortunate man but at some point fortune abandoned me. But true good fortune is what you make for yourself. Good fortune: good character, good intentions, and good actions.

No virtue is more universally accepted as a test of good character than trustworthiness .

Few people can distinguish the genuinely good from the reverse.

When you see yourself as calm, positive, truthful and possessed of high character, you behave with greater strength. Other people respect you more. You feel in control of yourself and the situation.

You want to make a difference in your world? Live a holy life: Be faithful to your spouse. Be the one at the office who refuses to cheat. Be the neighbor who acts neighbors. Be the employee who does the work and doesn't complain. Pay your bills. Do your part and enjoy life. Don't speak one message and live another. People are watching the way we act more than they are listening to what we say.

Courage is the virtue that President Kennedy most admired. He sought out those people who had demonstrated in some way, whether it was on a battlefield or a baseball diamond, in a speech or fighting for a cause, that they had courage that they would stand up, that they could be counted on.

Since in the long run deception is likely to be found out, your character had better not only seem good, but be it.

Example is more forcible than precept. People look at my six days in the week to see what I mean on the seventh.

Good government could never be a substitute for government by the people themselves.