Honest People Quotes

• Freedom is for honest people. No man who is not himself honest can be free – he is his own trap.

  L. Ron Hubbard

  Honesty, Men, People

  L. Ron Hubbard (1976). “Scientology, a New Slant on Life”, p.227, Bridge Publications, Inc.

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• There are more honest people and more good people than there are thieves and bad people. It's just always been that way.

  Michael Nesmith

  People, Thieves, Way

  Interview with Ken Plume, asitecalledfred.com. 2003.

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• Honest people, mistakenly believing in the justice of their cause, are led to support injustice.

  Elihu Root

  Believe, People, Justice

  Elihu Root (1916). “Addresses on International Subjects”

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• The only differences one can and should allow in socialism are between hard working people and idlers and between honest people and dishonest people.

  Slobodan Milosević

  Hard Work, Differences, Eugenics

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• The law courts must appear as a threatening gesture toward secret vice. The bank must declare: here your money is secure and well looked after by honest people.

  Adolf Loos

  Law, People, Secret

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• I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known.

  F. Scott Fitzgerald

  People, Honest, Great Gatsby Important

  The Great Gatsby ch. 3 (1925)

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• A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and honest people are screwed first.

  Chanakya

  Integrity, Cutting, People

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• Every one suspects himself of at least one of the cardinal virtues, and this is mine: I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known.

  F. Scott Fitzgerald

  Honesty, People, Virtue

  The Great Gatsby ch. 3 (1925)

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• If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives. Do good anyway.

  Mother Teresa

  Selfish, People, Self Centered

  Mother Teresa (1995). “A Simple Path-Open Market”

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• It is discouraging how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.

  Noel Coward

  Honesty, Lying, People

  Noel Coward (1979). “Plays, four”, Methuen Drama

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• I have found that being honest is the best technique I can use. Right up front, tell people what you're trying to accomplish and what you're willing to sacrifice to accomplish it.

  Lee Iacocca

  Motivational, Teamwork, Honesty

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• People who are brutally honest get more satisfaction out of the brutality than out of the honesty.

  Richard J. Needham

  Honesty, People, Satisfaction

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• Integrity is telling myself the truth. And honesty is telling the truth to other people.

  Spencer Johnson

  Truth, Honesty, Integrity

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• Honesty pays, but it doesn't seem to pay enough to suit some people.

  Kin Hubbard

  Truth, Honesty, People

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• Dishonest people conceal their faults from themselves as well as others, honest people know and confess them.

  Christian Nestell Bovee

  Truth, Honesty, People

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• Honest people don't hide their deeds.

  Emily Bronte

  Honesty, Reality, People

  Emily Bronte “Wuthering Heights”, Lulu.com

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• There is a noticeable general difference between the sciences and mathematics on the one hand, and the humanities and social sciences on the other. It's a first approximation, but one that is real. In the former, the factors of integrity tend to dominate more over the factors of ideology. It's not that scientists are more honest people. It's just that nature is a harsh taskmaster. You can lie or distort the story of the French Revolution as long as you like, and nothing will happen. Propose a false theory in chemistry, and it'll be refuted tomorrow.

  Noam Chomsky

  Integrity, Real, Lying

  "Noam Chomsky: A Life of Dissent". Book by Robert F. Barsky, 1997.

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• The personal qualities necessary for attaining office are practically the opposite of those demanded by the office itself. The trouble with the damn system is that it selects for the skills needed to get elected, and nothing else. A test that you can only pass by cheating can't possibly select honest people.

  James P. Hogan

  Cheating, Opposites, Skills

  James P. Hogan (1983). “Code of the Lifemaker”, Del Rey

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• I am inspired by honest people who don't cheat others. To me the famous are those who are kind to fellow human beings and dedicate their life to charity.

  Fauja Singh

  People, Charity, Honest

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• I'd wish the government took honest people into consideration, it shows enough consideration for scoundrels.

  Franz Grillparzer

  Government, People, Wish

  "On the Admissibility of Capital Punishment". "Notebooks and Diaries". Book by Franz Grillparzer, 1836.

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• A lot of the people involved in the media are very serious, honest people, and they will tell you, and I think they are right, that they are not being forced to write anything.

  Noam Chomsky

  Writing, Thinking, Media

  Source: theanarchistlibrary.org

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• A lot of the people involved in the media are very serious, honest people, and they will tell you, and I think they are right, that they are not being forced to write anything... What they don't tell you, and are maybe unaware of, is that they are allowed to write freely because their beliefs conform to the... standard doctrinal system, and then, yes, they are allowed to write freely and are not coerced.

  Noam Chomsky

  Writing, Thinking, Media

  Source: theanarchistlibrary.org

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• Aggression, occupation and a repetition of the Holocaust won't bring peace. What we want is a sustainable peace. This means that we have to tackle the root of the problem. I am pleased to note that you are honest people and admit that you are obliged to support the Zionists.

  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

  Mean, Roots, People

  "We Are Determined". SPIEGEL Interview, www.spiegel.de. May 30, 2006.

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• Barbra Streisand is without a doubt one of the most honest people I have ever known. There is no doubt in my mind that she will not be doing any more concerts. Of course, she still will be making records and starring and directing in movies

  Marvin Hamlisch

  People, Doubt, Mind

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• Since the dawn of history, mankind has honoured and respected brave and honest people.

  Nelson Mandela

  Respect, Honesty, People

  Nelson Mandela (2011). “Conversations With Myself”, p.150, Pan Macmillan

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