Avoiding Quote by Jim Himes

“I believe we have a deficit of moral courage in the United States Congress. We have many learned individuals who know what is right…

— Tom Coburn

What really worries me is that those who are in positions of power are not really affected by what we are writing. In the…

— Chinua Achebe

As a member of Congress who represents one of the few true swing districts in the country, I have always tried to engage groups…

— Will Hurd

My outspoken positions haven't always been popular in the halls of Congress, but they have been rooted in what I believed was right and…

— Mike Quigley

No one talks about the real ethics disaster in Washington. It's that many members of Congress will listen to any argument against a bill…

— Ron Paul

I make it a policy every election to only debate once, Democrats and Progressives. And I will say that the way that you have…

— Matt Shea

When we talk politics, we moralize. When we talk morality, we politicize.

— Ravi Zacharias

There is a tendency to think that if we engage too directly with moral questions in politics, that's a recipe for disagreement, and for…

— Michael Sandel

It's no use trying to talk philosophy to our politicians. And I'm not a moral or political philosopher. I'm not interested in that.

— Marjorie Grene

Talking with most people usually involves a search for truth. Talking with congressmen is strictly special effects.

— Jack McDevitt

“Personally I do not resort to force--not even the force of law--to advance moral reforms. I prefer education, argument, persuasion, and above all the…

— Rutherford B. Hayes

There are a lot of people who pretend to have moral ethics and they talk from both sides of their mouth.

— John Assaraf