Quotes about Integrity
Law never made men a whit more just; and, by means of their respect for it, even the well-disposed are daily made the agents of injustice.
— Henry David Thoreau
I wish my countrymen to consider, that whatever the human law may be, neither an individual nor a nation can ever commit the least act of injustice against the obscurest individual, without having to pay the penalty for it. A government which deliberately enacts injustice, and persists in it, will at length ever become the laughing-stock of the world.
— Henry David Thoreau
It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for the law, so much as for the right.
— Henry David Thoreau
Let your life be a counter-friction to stop the machine. What I have to do is to see, at any rate, that I do not lend myself to the wrong which I condemn.
— Henry David Thoreau
A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish it to prevail through the power of the majority.
— Henry David Thoreau
The only way to speak the truth is to speak lovingly.
— Henry David Thoreau
It is best to avoid the beginnings of evil.
— Henry David Thoreau
We should be men first, and subjects afterward.
— Henry David Thoreau
There is no help for it; for he considers, not what is truly respectable, but what is respected.
— Henry David Thoreau
Behave so the aroma of your actions may enhance the general sweetness of the atmosphere.
— Henry David Thoreau
I will not through humility become the devil's attorney
— Henry David Thoreau
I will not through humility become the devil's attorney
— Henry David Thoreau