Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page [141-160] of 176 Honesty quotesHonesty QuotesHonesty Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes O, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive!~ Sir Walter Scott No legacy is so rich as honesty.~ William Shakespeare The liar’s punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else.~ George Bernard Shaw It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid.~ George Bernard Shaw You have to choose [as a voter] between trusting to the natural stability of gold and the natural stability of the honesty and intelligence of the members of the Government. And, with due respect for these gentlemen, I advise you, as long as the Capitalist system lasts, to vote for gold.~ George Bernard Shaw When truth is divided, errors multiply.~ Eli Siegel Speak the truth, but leave immediately after.~ Slovenian Proverb A true party-man hates and despises candour.~ Adam Smith The most sinister and anti-social feature about bank-deposit money is that it has no existence. The banks owe the public for a total amount of money which does not exist. In buying and selling, implemented by cheque transactions, there is a mere change in the party to whom the money is owed by the banks. As the one depositor's account is debited, the other is credited and the banks can go on owing for it all the time. The whole profit of the issuance of money has provided the capital of the great banking business as it exists today. Starting with nothing whatever of their own, they have got the whole world into their debt irredeemably, by a trick. This money comes into existence every time the banks 'lend' and disappears every time the debt is repaid to them. So that if industry tries to repay, the money of the nation disappears. This is what makes prosperity so 'dangerous' as it destroys money just when it is most needed and precipitates a slump. There is nothing left now for us but to get ever deeper and deeper into debt to the banking system in order to provide the increasing amounts of money the nation requires for its expansion and growth. An honest money system is the only alternative.~ Frederick Soddy These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.~ King Solomon The simple step of a courageous individual is not to take part in the lie. One word of truth outweighs the world.~ Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Neither your life nor my life, nor the future of this country, will be affected in the slightest by whether Linda Tripp is naughty or nice. But if any president is able to commit crimes with impunity by using the vast powers and perquisites of his office to cover up, then we will have a danger of corruption and abuse of power that can only grow with the passing years and generations.~ Thomas Sowell One of the most pathetic — and dangerous — signs of our times is the growing number of individuals and groups who believe that no one can possibly disagree with them for any honest reason.~ Thomas Sowell There are only two ways of telling the complete truth - anonymously and posthumously.~ Thomas Sowell Every man who says frankly and fully what he thinks is so far doing a public service. We should be grateful to him for attacking most unsparingly our most cherished opinions.~ Sir Leslie Stephen The cruelest lies are often told in silence.~ Robert Louis Stevenson Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens. They fall, when the wise are banished from the public councils, because they dare to be honest, and the profligate are rewarded, because they flatter the people, in order to betray them.~ Justice Joseph Story Illusions are like mistresses. We can have many of them without tying ourselves down to responsibility. But truth insists on marriage. Once a person embraces truth, he is in its ruthless, but gentle, grasp.~ Rebazar Tarzs After two years in Washington, I often long for the realism and sincerity of Hollywood.~ Fred Thompson I know that most men -- not only those considered clever, but even those who are very clever and capable of understanding most difficult scientific, mathematical, or philosophic, problems -- can seldom discern even the simplest and most obvious truth if it be such as obliges them to admit the falsity of conclusions they have formed, perhaps with much difficulty -- conclusions of which they are proud, which they have taught to others, and on which they have built their lives.~ Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoi Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print