integrity Quotes

I always tell people that religious institutions and political institutions should be separate. So while I'm telling people this, I myself continue with them combined. Hypocrisy!

I have no private interest in the reception of my inventions by the world, having never made, nor proposed to make, the least profit by any of them.

No party has a monopoly on wisdom. No democracy works without compromise. But when Governor Romney and his allies in Congress tell us we can somehow lower our deficit by spending trillions more on new tax breaks for the wealthy - well, you do the math. I refuse to go along with that. And as long as I'm President, I never will.

I judge people based on their capability, honesty, and merit.

I've met some great people that deal with me in the press. I've also met some people that were very dishonorable, frankly.

I want to be a fair trader. I want to be a firm and fair trader.

Truth is handsomer than the affectation of love. Your goodness must have some edge to it, else it is none.

It is my desire, in the office of a Christian minister, to do nothing which I cannot do with my whole heart. Having said this, I have said all.

No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.

How does it become a man to behave towards the American government today? I answer, that he cannot without disgrace be associated with it.