Margaret Fuller Quotes

I am afraid we must make the world honest before we can honestly say to our children that honesty is the best policy.

Honesty is the best policy.

Honesty is the best policy; but he who is governed by that maxim is not an honest man.

In all my public and private acts as your president, I expect to follow my instincts of openness and candor with full confidence that honesty is always the best policy in the end.

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

Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty.

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

People like to see honest persons. So I certainly will advise many young people who want to participate in politics, honesty is the best policy.

The foundation of morality is to have done, once and for all, with lying.

Honesty and integrity is an important part of our character, my character.

Every night I go over what I did in the day, in ethical or moral terms. Have I treated people properly? Did I tell the truth?

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.

A woman of honor should never suspect another of things she would not do herself.

I thank God that I left office the same way I came in: with integrity.

I could never be a career politician, because I believe in telling the truth.

I learned one thing in Watergate: I was well-intentioned but rationalized illegal behavior. You cannot live your life other than walking in the truth. Your means are as important as your ends.

Both politicians and journalists face situations which strain their honesty and humanity. My opinion is that politicians on the average stand up somewhat better than journalists.

Let none of us delude himself by supposing that honesty is always the best policy. It is not.

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

Honesty prospers in every condition of life.

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.

Honesty is a good thing, but it is not profitable to its possessor unless it is kept under control.

I've never lied. I think I've lived a moral life.

Honesty is the fastest way to prevent a mistake from turning into a failure.