It isn't the absence of conscience or values that prevents us from being all we should be, it is simply the lack of moral courage.
Michael JosephsonBeware of people who constantly assert their integrity and honor. People of character don't have to point it out.
Michael JosephsonSome jobs require a more consistent challenge to moral courage than others. Politics is one. In such a setting terrifically good men and women will still be found wanting occasionally. No one does the right thing all the time. It would be more generous and fair to consider their batting average than to judge them only by their last worst act.
Michael Josephson