John Hope Franklin Quotes

Purity is the feminine, truth the masculine of honor.

Truth is the beginning of every good to the gods, and of every good to man.

Virtue is the fount whence honour springs.

Truth is the highest thing that man may keep.

There is no principle worth the name if it is not wholly good.

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.

It seems to me that if God calls us to anything it's to a life of integrity.

Never lie when the truth is more profitable.

Elegance is inferior to virtue.

Integrity reveals beauty.

The truth is the truth is the truth. And as long as you tell the truth, you'll be okay in the end.

Sincerity is the way to heaven.

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

All the gold which is under or upon the earth is not enough to give in exchange for virtue.

Remember, as long as you live, that nothing but strict truth can carry you through the world, with either your conscience or your honor unwounded.

Though I be poor, I'm honest.

In the world in which we live, truth is an ancillary virtue, but it shouldn't be.

If honor were profitable, everybody would be honorable.

Truth Alone Triumphs

Truth is a habit of integrity, not a strategy of politics.

Honesty is wonderful, but I suspect it's also overrated.

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

Justice can rarely exist without honesty.

If you don't have integrity, don't be in cinema.

Righteousness is on our side.