Authenticity Quote by Stephen Fry

Good churches are not built by bad men; at least, there must be probity and enthusiasm somewhere in the society. These minsters were neither…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

The German intellect wants the French sprightliness, the fine practical understanding of the English, and the American adventure; but it has a certain probity,…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Tell a scoundrel, three or four times a day, that he is the pink of probity, and you make him at least the perfection…

— Edgar Allan Poe

Under the circumstances, may I suggest another means of encouraging probity in elective office. I refer to term limitations, which can serve ends beyond…

— James L. Buckley

Those of us placed in a position of leadership must be prepared to grasp the nettle if we unite in doing so, and if,…

— Obafemi Awolowo

Financial institutions, the corporate world and civil society - all must uphold high standards of probity in their working. Only a genuine partnership between…

— Pratibha Patil

Here's the thing about politics: It's not an expression of your moral purity and your ethics and your probity and your fond dreams of…

— Tony Kushner

God, Who is by nature good and dispassionate, loves all men equally as His handiwork. But He glorifies the virtuous man because in his…

— Maximus the Confessor

I certainly do not lament the decadence of knight errantry, nor wish to exchange the protection of the laws for that of the doughtiest…

— Frances Trollope

When people are forced to remain silent when they are being told the most obvious lies, or even worse when they are forced to…

— Theodore Dalrymple

Some Christians want enough of Christ to be identified with him but not enough to be seriously inconvenienced; they genuinely cling to basic Christian…

— D. A. Carson

For it is not true, as some treatise-mongers lay down in their systems, of the probity of the speaker, that it contributes nothing to…

— Aristotle