You can't escape moral judgment through a legal loop hole.

Successful or not, acts of physical courage always bring honor. It is the smaller forms of valor - standing up for principle at the risk of social disapproval, economic loss or injury to career - that require the greatest moral will power. Since there is usually little upside to winning and a significant and often lasting downside to losing, moral courage often requires as much character as physical bravery.

Character is the moral strength to do the right thing even when it costs more than you want to pay.

Lincoln described character is a tree and reputation as its shadow. The tree will always be what it is but the shadow we see depends on where we stand and the angle of the light.

Necessity is not merely the father of invention; it is the father of courage.

People of character do the right thing, not because they think it will change the world but because they refuse to be changed by the world.

It's easier to make a good person better than to make a bad person good.