Probity

Robert Gottlieb

American Writer

The man Dickens, whom the world at large thought it knew, stood for all the Victorian virtues - probity, kindness, hard work, sympathy for the down-trodden, the sanctity of domestic life - even as his novels exposed the violence, hypocrisy, greed, and cruelty of the Victorian age.

Pratibha Patil

Indian Politician

Financial institutions, the corporate world and civil society - all must uphold high standards of probity in their working. Only a genuine partnership between the Government and its people can bring about positive change to create a just society.

Zanny Minton Beddoes

British Journalist

Europe's budget plans are better designed: countries from France to Greece are raising retirement ages; others, from Britain to Germany, have created new organisations and rules to encourage fiscal probity. But Europe risks overkill.

James L. Buckley

American Politician

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

Elliot Richardson

American Lawyer

It often seemed like we had become a nation where the only heroes were rock singers and ball players and that there were no large men of probity who could be called upon for the task.

Crispin Blunt

I have known Damian Green for over 20 years, since we were elected together in 1997. He stands out among us with the highest standards of public service, probity and integrity.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Roman Statesman

Take from a man his reputation for probity, and the more shrewd and clever he is, the more hated and mistrusted he becomes.

Felix Adler

German Educator

Where the roots of private virtue are diseased, the fruit of public probity cannot but be corrupt.

Gabriel Marcel

French Philosopher

It is right that we be concerned with the scientific probity of metaphysics.