A Quote by George Washington

Honesty is always the best policy.

George Washington

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George Washington
American - President
February 22, 1732 - December 14, 1799

We may argue eloquently that 'Honesty is the best Policy' - unfortunately, the moment honesty is adopted for the sake of policy it mysteriously ceases to be honesty.

Dorothy L. Sayers

Honesty is not necessarily the best policy. The best policy would be to acquire a reputation for honesty and then to cheat at the psychological moment.

William Lyon Phelps

I'd say honesty is always the best policy. There are always a lot of arguments - but even if honesty starts some, it avoids bigger ones.

Penn Dayton Badgley

The trite saying that 'honesty is the best policy' has met with the just criticism that honesty is not policy. The seems to be true. The real honest man is honest from conviction of what is right, not from policy.

Robert E. Lee

The trite saying that honesty is the best policy has met with the just criticism that honesty is not policy. The real honest man is honest from conviction of what is right, not from policy.

Robert E. Lee

Honesty may be the best policy, but it's important to remember that apparently, by elimination, dishonesty is the second-best policy.

George Carlin

In my experience, honesty is the best policy. And being a friend to somebody is not always the best way to help them.

Jillian Michaels

Honesty is always the best policy, even when it's not the trend.

Sean Covey

Honesty, like my mama always says, is always the best policy.

Kelly Rowland

Let none of us delude himself by supposing that honesty is always the best policy. It is not.

William Inge

In the long run, I believe that honesty is definitely the best policy. One can get away by being dishonest for a short term, but ultimately, honesty is what pays.

Kapil Dev

Honesty is the best policy ; a policy is, after all, a strategy for living in the polis in the city.

Samuel R. Delany

Certainly he is not of the generation that regards honesty as the best policy. However, he does regard it as a policy.

Walter Lippmann

There are people who think that honesty is always the best policy. This is a superstition. There are times when the appearance of it is worth six of it.

Mark Twain

I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always the best policy.

George Washington

My policy has always been to say what I believe to be in the best interest of the American people and hope the voters agree, or at least will respect my honesty.

Tom Tancredo

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