The trite saying that honesty is the best policy has met with the just criticism that honesty is not policy. The real honest man is honest from conviction of what is right, not from policy.

Quote by Robert E Lee

Topics: Honesty Quotes

I think it better to do right, even if we suffer in so doing, than...

I think it better to do right, even if we suffer in so doing, than...

What a cruel thing war is... to fill our hearts with hatred instead of love...

What a cruel thing war is... to fill our hearts with hatred instead of love...

We have fought this fight as long, and as well as we know how. We...

We have fought this fight as long, and as well as we know how. We...

I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself.

I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself.

The devil's name is dullness.

The devil's name is dullness.

Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more, you should never wish to...

Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more, you should never wish to...

It is good that war is so horrible, or we might grow to like it.

It is good that war is so horrible, or we might grow to like it.

This war is not about slavery.

This war is not about slavery.

Duty is the sublimest word in our language.

Duty is the sublimest word in our language.

A true man of honor feels humbled himself when he cannot help humbling others.

A true man of honor feels humbled himself when he cannot help humbling others.

Get correct views of life, and learn to see the world in its true light....

Get correct views of life, and learn to see the world in its true light....

I like whiskey. I always did, and that is why I never drink it.

I like whiskey. I always did, and that is why I never drink it.

My experience through life has convinced me that, while moderation and temperance in all things...

My experience through life has convinced me that, while moderation and temperance in all things...

I have been up to see the Congress and they do not seem to be...

I have been up to see the Congress and they do not seem to be...

Whiskey - I like it, I always did, and that is the reason I never...

Whiskey - I like it, I always did, and that is the reason I never...

Let the tent be struck.

Let the tent be struck.

Never do a wrong thing to make a friend or to keep one.

Never do a wrong thing to make a friend or to keep one.

Obedience to lawful authority is the foundation of manly character.

Obedience to lawful authority is the foundation of manly character.

The war... was an unnecessary condition of affairs, and might have been avoided if forebearance...

The war... was an unnecessary condition of affairs, and might have been avoided if forebearance...

Duty, then is the sublimest word in our language. Do your duty in all things....

Duty, then is the sublimest word in our language. Do your duty in all things....