Integrity lives…also in the mind.

By Herbert Hoover, September 28, 1938

First.  Be honest.  Integrity lives not alone in the pocket.  It lives also in the mind.  Second.  Re-establish morals as the first objective of government.  Give the nation leadership in moral regeneration as the road to national security.  Greed and hate can be more easily cured by moral standards than by policemen.  The people take their moral tone from those who occupy high office… In conclusion, may I say again that the fountains of justice alone spring from truth and honesty.  There is no double standard of morals, one in public and one in private life.  Self-government in people decays when moral standards in the people fail.  Moral standards in the people are sullied when moral leadership in the government fails.  It is alone the spirit of morals that can reconcile order and freedom.  A people corrupted by their government cannot remain a free people.