Abraham Lincoln was known as Honest Abe. There are fables about George Washington not being able to tell a lie. What do the Presidents say about truth and honesty?
[blockquote cite=”George Washington”]Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pains to bring it to light.[/blockquote]
[blockquote cite=”Thomas Jefferson”]Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom. [/blockquote]
[blockquote cite=”Barack Obama”]If you’re walking down the right path and you’re willing to keep walking, eventually you’ll make progress. [/blockquote]
[blockquote cite=”Franklin Roosevelt”]Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth. [/blockquote]
[blockquote cite=”James A. Garfield”]The truth will set you free, but first it will make you miserable. [/blockquote]
[blockquote cite=”Teddy Roosevelt”]The one thing I want to leave my children is an honorable name. [/blockquote]
[blockquote cite=”John Quincy Adams”]All men profess honesty as long as they can. To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so is something worse. [/blockquote]
[blockquote cite=”Grover Cleveland”]I would rather the man who presents something for my consideration subject me to a zephyr of truth and a gentle breeze of responsibility rather than blow me down with a curtain of hot air. [/blockquote]
[blockquote cite=”Gerald Ford”]Tell the truth, work hard, and come to dinner on time. [/blockquote]
[blockquote cite=”Andrew Johnson”]Honest conviction is my courage; the Constitution is my guide. [/blockquote]
