Away Quote by Mark Leibovich

People in office have to become models of correct behaviour. What they say and how they act should be beyond criticism. And when they…

— D. R. Karthikeyan

Any politician who tells you morality has nothing to do with the law and government is about to do something extremely immoral.

— Joseph Farah

When there is a lack of honor in government, the morals of the whole people are poisoned.

— Herbert Hoover

Morality is the object of government.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

I can't tell you how many times I've had conversations with politicians who've done something morally reprehensible but not indictable, yet still think they…

— Gail Collins

Politicians have limited power. They can't impose morality on themselves. How can they impose it on the country?

— Cal Thomas

Public morals are natural complements of all laws: they are by themselves an entire code.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Once a person becomes a government dependent, his moral standing to resist the expansion of government power is fatally compromised.

— James Bovard

I think it's important for politicians to have moral qualities.

— Barbara Sukowa

Bad politics make for bad morals.

— Joseph Brodsky

The people in general ought to have regard to the moral character of those whom they invest with authority either in the legislative, executive,…

— John Witherspoon

“What then is the relation of law to morality? Law cannot prescribe morality, it can prescribe only external actions and therefore it should prescribe…

— Anonymous