#honorable

To swear, except when necessary, is becoming to an honorable man. ↗

— Quintilian

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Public life is regarded as the crown of a career, and to young men it is the worthiest ambition. Politics is still the greatest and the most honorable adventure. ↗

— Pat Riley

#ambition #career #crown #greatest #honorable

One of the things I learned in law school is that there's nothing wrong or undesirable or dishonorable or destructive about amending the Constitution. ↗

— Adrian Cronauer

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The perfection of our union, especially our commitment to equality of opportunity, has been a story of constant striving to live up to our Founding principles. This is what Abraham Lincoln meant when he said, 'In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free - honorable alike in what we give, and what we preserve.' ↗

— Paul Ryan

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Most honorable are services rendered to the State; even if they do not go beyond words, they are not to be despised. ↗

— Sallust

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Men, who are rogues individually, are in the mass very honorable people. ↗

— Charles de Secondat

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Mr. Lincoln's elevation shows that in America every station in life may be honorable; that there is no barrier against the humblest; but that merit, wherever it exists, has the opportunity to be known. ↗

— Matthew Simpson

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I believe there are more urgent and honorable occupations than the incomparable waste of time we call suffering. ↗

— Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

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Sci-fi nerds are respectful, honorable. You can trust them. ↗

— Claudia Christian

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My politics are of a practical kind - the integrity of the country, the supremacy of the Federal government, an honorable peace, or none at all. ↗

— Winfield Scott Hancock

#federal #federal government #government #honorable #integrity