Candor Quote by Gerald R. Ford

I believe that truth is the glue that holds government together, not only our Government but civilization itself. That bond, though strained, is unbroken…

— Gerald R. Ford

I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always the best policy.

— George Washington

We cannot afford to differ on the question of honesty if we expect our republic permanently to endure. Honesty is not so much a…

— Theodore Roosevelt

Honesty is the great essential. It exalts the individual citizenship, and, without honesty, no man deserves the confidence of the people in private pursuit…

— Warren Gamaliel Harding

My policy has always been to say what I believe to be in the best interest of the American people and hope the voters…

— Tom Tancredo

Most of all, be honest with yourself and make sure those in political office, our so called public servants, are being honest, holding them…

— David Pratt

It is an old adage that honesty is the best policy-this applies to public as well as private life-to States as well as individuals.

— George Washington

Would that the simple maxim, that honesty is the best policy, might be laid to heart; that a sense of the true aim of…

— Margaret Fuller

As candidates and elected officials, we have an obligation to be honest.

— Cary Kennedy

Honesty is the best policy; but he who is governed by that maxim is not an honest man.

— Richard Whately

I will reveal to the American people over and over and over again the Clinton way, say what you have to say to get…

— Carly Fiorina

I did not expect to encounter what has beset me since my elevation to the presidency. God knows, I have endeavored to fulfill what…

— Zachary Taylor