Why should I expect to be exempt from censure; the unfailing lot of an elevated station? My Heart tells me it has been my unremitted aim to do the best circumstances would permit; yet, I may have been very often mistaken in my judgment of the means.

I think if you look at people, whether in business or government, who haven't had any moral compass, who've just changed to say whatever they thought the popular thing was, in the end they're losers.

A good moral character is the first essential. It is highly important not only to be learned but to be virtuous.

To see what is right, and not to do it, is want of courage or of principle.

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

Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not.