Johnny Isakson Quotes

To tell the truth is revolutionary.

I've never feared anyone or worried what they said as long as what I'm telling is the truth, and I'm not telling lies about people.

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

The right thing to do never requires any subterfuge, it is always simple and direct.

I like honesty and fair play.

The biggest lesson we have to give our children is truth.

If you speak your mind and if it is true what you're saying, then I think the integrity of what you're saying carries through.

Honestly is always an option, even when you don't think it is.

Being truthful is a necessity because when I'm not being truthful it takes a toll on me. I don't have any room for it in my life. I don't have an across-the-board opinion on honesty in relationships. But for me, personally, it's paramount.

When I saw corruption, I was forced to find truth on my own. I couldn't swallow the hypocrisy.

Tell the truth and run.

We shall not hold the dangerous axiom that 'truth is the best policy,' because policy is but a means to an end; and truth is an end, not a means.

You must study to be frank with the world: Frankness is the child of honesty and courage.

I'm a person who has always believed that you tell people the truth, and they'll make reasonable decisions. Truth is powerful.

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

My work is to be honest. My work is to try to think clearly, then have the courage to make sure that what I say is the truth.

I'd rather suffer the consequences of truth than of silence.

I'll tell you something that's completely true - you can, as a man, obtain everything you want with the truth. If you lie, first of all you've got to be a very good lying actor, which is tres difficile. And it's going to give you poison inside the body.

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.

I have always said I will try to answer questions honestly. I don't want to change that about myself. I think people appreciate that about me.

I make one pledge above all others - to seek and speak the truth with all the resources of mind and spirit I command.

In the last few years, the very idea of telling the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth is dredged up only as a final resort when the alternative options of deception, threat and bribery have all been exhausted.

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.

You need to tell the truth to the audience, or they will throw a brick through the TV. They'll turn you off.

I have been known for some time as a person who speaks the truth and speaks it strongly. I have always called a liar a liar and a hypocrite a hypocrite.