Howard Dean Quotes

If my doing the right thing will cost me my seat, they can take this job and shove it.

Stand up for what you know is right.

Atticus Finch. That's who I want to be when I grow up. He's the greatest guy ever - a good dad, a good lawyer, doing the right thing. And he knows he's not supposed to win, but he's doing it anyway.

For the first time in my life, I put my body and reputation on the line to stand up for my beliefs and do the right thing. I hope I've encouraged other people to do the same.

Our duty is to stand up for those who do the right thing.

We have the obligation to defy public opinion in the public interest.

Doing the right thing is a decision, which in many cases means you stand alone.

Leadership is about doing the right thing, even if it going against a vast number of naysayers and mediocre people.

I'm always inspired by people who choose to do what is right, not what is easy.

Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage.

Never be afraid to stand with the minority when the minority is right, for the minority which is right will one day be the majority.

To see the right and not to do it is cowardice.

There are things you stand up for because it's right.

It may not always be easy, convenient, or politically correct to stand for truth and right, but it is the right thing to do. Always.

I think of my films as not necessarily political but more moral. Between my father, my stepfather, and my mother - they all felt pretty passionately about the importance of standing up and doing the right thing, and none of them were suck-ups. What motivates me is usually abuse of power.

Tell me what is right and I will fight for it.

You do what you think is right and let the law catch up.

Fighting for what is right is not always popular but is always necessary.

I guess coming out against actual evil takes guts.

Cowardice asks the question, is it safe? Expediency asks the question, is it politic? Vanity asks the question, is it popular? But conscience asks the question, is it right? And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but one must take it because it is right.

Sacrifice is putting country before party and principles before politics. It is not defending the indefensible, protecting the powerful, or staying silent in the face of injustice just because you'd like to keep your job.

We can never be afraid to stand up for what is right, no matter what others may say. And sometimes, if that means taking a lonely road, if what we are standing for is true, then perhaps moonlight or sunshine will light our way and make it less lonely.

Sometimes standing up for things that are right makes things tougher.

Do what is right, not what you think the high headquarters wants or what you think will make you look good.

That you may retain your self-respect, it is better to displease the people by doing what you know is right, than to temporarily please them by doing what you know is wrong.