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- Justice is a certain rectitude of mind whereby a man does what he ought to do in the circumstances confronting him. — Thomas Aquinas
- Where are they now that we, the men whom they sent off to war, have returned? These are commanders who have deserted… — John F. Kerry
- To speak in literature with the perfect rectitude and insouciance of the movements of animals and the unimpeachable of the sentiment of… — Walt Whitman
- Never lose your self-respect, nor be too familiar with yourself when you are alone. Let your integrity itself be your own standard… — Baltasar Gracian
- The only guide to a man's conscience, the only shield to his memory is the rectitude and sincerity of his actions. — Winston Churchill
- To have done no man a wrong...to walk and live, unseduced, within arm's length of what is not your own, with nothing… — Orison Swett Marden
- A tribute . . . is due to the talents, the rectitude, and the patriotism, which adorn the characters selected to devise… — George Washington
- Rectitude carried to excess hardens into stiffness; benevolence indulged beyond measure sinks into weakness. — Unknown Author
- Just as animal research tells us that gluttony and sloth are side effects of a drive to accumulate body fat, it also… — Gary Taubes
- Then, in the next place, we must know that every being which is endowed with reason, and transgresses its statutes and limitations,… — Origen
- In the sublimest flights of the soul, rectitude is never surmounted, love is never outgrown. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- The very uprightness of the pines and maples asserts the ancient rectitude and vigor of nature. Our lives need the relief of… — Henry David Thoreau