Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives Oct 20, 2026Integrity is doing the right thing, even if nobody is watching.~ Jim StovallOutside show is a poor substitute for inner worth.~ AesopMost of our faults are more pardonable than the means we use to conceal them.~ François Duc de La Rochefoucauld Oct 19, 2026Public virtue cannot exist in a nation without private, and public virtue is the only foundation of republics. There must be a positive passion for the public good, the public interest, honor, power and glory, established in the minds of the people, or there can be no republican government, nor any real liberty: and this public passion must be superior to all private passions.~ John AdamsThere never was a bad man that had ability for good service.~ Edmund BurkeBad men cannot make good citizens. It is impossible that a nation of infidels or idolaters should be a nation of freemen. It is when a people forget God that tyrants forge their chains. A vitiated state of morals, a corrupted public conscience, is incompatible with freedom. No free government, or the blessings of liberty, can be preserved to any people but by a firm adherence to justice, moderation, temperance, frugality, and virtue; and by a frequent recurrence to fundamental principles.~ Patrick Henry Previous week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print