I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always the best policy.

Confidence... thrives on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection and on unselfish performance. Without them it cannot live.

No legacy is so rich as honesty.

Honesty and transparency make you vulnerable. Be honest and transparent anyway.

Compliments win friends, honesty loses them.

The American people, since 1932, continue to insist on two requisites of private enterprise, and the relationship of Government to it. The first is complete honesty...and the second is sincere respect.