Let it be public, full, and fair. No cliqueism or cheatery about it.

It is now, more than ever, necessary that political leaders be outstanding for honesty, integrity and commitment to the common good.

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

The only guide to a man's conscience, the only shield to his memory is the rectitude and sincerity of his actions.

Conscription is the vitality of a nation, the purification of its morality, and the real foundations of all its habits.

The money one gets for selling one's soul is always spent in deadening one's conscience, so the net gain at the end of a lifetime is no greater than if the diabolic bargain had not been struck.