Isaac Herzog Quotes

What Australians expect of leaders is a bit of integrity.

Character in leadership is the most important balance for leadership. Without character, leaders have no safety. Leadership has no protection without character.

Ethics are a key issue, and they're a key issue on the Democratic side, and all people have to be held to high standards.

I talk every day about doing the right thing.

In plain Texas talk, it's 'do the right thing'

Moral authority comes from following universal and timeless principles like honesty, integrity, treating people with respect.

Character matters; leadership descends from character.

If you give people the opportunity to do the right thing, you'll rarely be disappointed.

And for the team, I always tried to do the right thing.

Every leader has the responsibility to hone his or her integrity. Many times, there are integrity traps that have a tendency to catch well-meaning leaders off guard.

The important thing is to do the right thing. Then credibility will follow.

I strongly believe in the principle of accountability and responsibility. It is the foundation of leadership.

When I became press secretary my father sent me a telegram and said, "Tell the truth if you can and if you can't tell the truth, don't tell a lie." That became very difficult to do.

I've been very, very careful to tell people what I am qualified to talk about and what I'm not qualified to talk about.

Doing things right in politics is no different than doing things right in life: Tell the truth, be yourself.

Those who have the most power - whether famous TV anchors, rich Hollywood moguls, judges, Members of Congress, or the president of the United States - must decide how to exert that power: for corruption or for good.

One thing I have always promised is to be open and transparent and to treat employees and partners with respect and integrity.

I refuse to lie to children.

Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the foundation of morality.

I have been given the authority over you, and I am not the best of you. If I do well, help me; and if I do wrong, set me right. Sincere regard for truth.

If values matter in an organisation, you have to be prepared to act consistently.

You should not do an autobiography if you want to tell the truth. There are a lot of things I know about people. If I can't say something good about a person, I don't want to say anything. And since I don't want to say anything bad, I won't write a book.

The professionals must set a good example.

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

If you have something that you don't want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn't be doing it in the first place.