Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page [81-100] of 176 Honesty quotesHonesty QuotesHonesty Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes An honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over his fellow citizens.~ Thomas Jefferson The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest.~ Thomas Jefferson It is always the best policy to tell the truth, unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar.~ Jerome K. Jerome What you don't see with your eyes, don't witness with your mouth.~ Jewish Proverb In order that all men might be taught to speak truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it.~ Dr. Samuel Johnson There is no crime more infamous than the violation of truth. It is apparent that men can be social beings no longer than they believe each other. When speech is employed only as the vehicle of falsehood, every man must disunite himself from others, inhabit his own cave and seek prey only for himself.~ Dr. Samuel Johnson It does not require many words to speak the truth.~ Chief Joseph Integrity is the core of our character.~ L. Lionel Kendrick Many people today don't want honest answers insofar as honest means unpleasant or disturbing. They want a soft answer that turneth away anxiety.~ Louis Kronenberger Dogma is a defensive reaction against doubt in the mind of the theorist, but doubt of which he is unaware.~ Harold D. Lasswell I practice journalism in accordance with the following guidelines: • Do nothing I cannot defend. • Do not distort, lie, slant or hype. • Do not falsify facts or make up quotes. • Cover, write and present every story with the care I would want if the story were about me. • Assume there is at least one other side or version to every story. • Assume the viewer is as smart and caring and good a person as I am. • Assume the same about all people on whom I report. • Assume everyone is innocent until proven guilty. • Assume personal lives are a private matter until a legitimate turn in the story mandates otherwise. • Carefully separate opinion and analysis from straight news stories and clearly label it as such. • Do not use anonymous sources or blind quotes except on rare and monumental occasions. No one should ever be allowed to attack another anonymously. • Do not broadcast profanity or the end result of violence unless it is an integral and necessary part of the story and/or crucial to its understanding. • Acknowledge that objectivity may be impossible but fairness never is. • Journalists who are reckless with facts and reputations should be disciplined by their employers. • My viewers have a right to know what principles guide my work and the process I use in their practice. • I am not in the entertainment business. ~ Jim Lehrer The Seven Deadly Sins of the Press: - Concentrated Power of the Big Press. - Passing of competition and the coming of monopoly. - Governmental control of the press. - Timidity, especially in the face of group and corporate pressures. - Big Business mentality. - Clannishness among the newspaper publishers that has prevented them from criticizing each other. - Social blindness.~ Max Lerner The most dangerous untruths are truths moderately distorted.~ Georg Christoph Lichtenberg How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg.~ Abraham Lincoln If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. It is true that you may fool all the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people all of the time; but you can't fool all of the people all the time.~ Abraham Lincoln The most exhausting thing in life is being insincere.~ Anne Morrow Lindbergh A radical is one who speaks the truth.~ Charles A. Lindbergh, Sr. It takes less time to do a thing right, than it does to explain why you did it wrong.~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Peace if possible, but truth at any rate.~ Martin Luther The measure of a man's character is what he would do if he knew he never would be found out.~ Thomas Babington Macaulay Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print