Theodore Roosevelt Quotes

If I, in my brief connection with public affairs, shall be wicked or foolish, and if you remain true and honest, you cannot be betrayed. My power is temporary; yours as eternal as the principles of liberty.

It is an old adage that honesty is the best policy-this applies to public as well as private life-to States as well as individuals.

I am honest and want to hear what the people have to say. I do not want to enrich myself in this job.

I never did, or countenanced, in public life, a single act inconsistent with the strictest good faith; having never believed there was one code of morality for a public, and another for a private man.

My policy has always been to say what I believe to be in the best interest of the American people and hope the voters agree, or at least will respect my honesty.

I have earned every cent. And in all of my years of public life I have never obstructed justice.

Nothing is more essential to the establishment of manners in a State than that all persons employed in places of power and trust must be men of unexceptionable characters.

The administration Ill bring is a group of men and women who are focused on whats best for America, honest men and women, decent men and women, women who will see service to our country as a great privilege and who will not stain the house.

It is now, more than ever, necessary that political leaders be outstanding for honesty, integrity and commitment to the common good. Thus will they be able to marshal the moral resources needed to face the demands of the present, and to pass on to coming generations a society of authentic justice, solidarity and peace.

Statesman, yet friend to truth! of soul sincere, In action faithful, and in honour clear; Who broke no promise, serv'd no private end, Who gain'd no title, and who lost no friend.

So, I think that's the centerpiece of morality: Don't lie. But to do that, you have to go a step further and find out what the truth is.

Even through such simple acts as telling the truth, being kind, and encouraging others, we bring a smile to God's face.

In plain truth, lying is an accursed vice. We are not men, nor have any other tie upon another, but by our word.

Urge him with truth to frame his fair replies And sure he will for Wisdom never lies.

Faith makes blessed. Consequently it lies.

Lying is the strongest acknowledgement of the force of truth.

Veracity is the heart of morality.

Look, good government doesn't look for excuses, good government gets on with the job.

To me, truth is the big thing. Constantly you're writing something and you get to a place where your characters could go this way or that and I just can't lie. The characters have gotta be true to themselves.

Truth is an homage that the good man pays to his own dignity.

The good I stand on is my truth and honesty.

If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. It is true that you may fool all of the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people all of the time; but you can't fool all of the people all of the time. -Speech at Clinton, Illinois, September 8, 1854.

A wise man does not waste so good a commodity as lying for naught.

One of the signs that you are walking in the light is that you are honest about having walked in the darkness.

Humility is all about being truthful and honest.