Suzy Kassem Quotes

Always stand on principle even if you stand alone.

Stand for right, even if you stand alone.

I have never been sorry when I stood for what was right-even against severe criticism.

A man that puts himself on the ground of moral principle, if the whole world be against him, is mightier than all of them.

A man has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do so.

I would rather be beaten, and be a man, than to be elected and be a little puppy dog.

Political courage is not political suicide.

I am always prepared to do the right thing regardless of what other people think.

Perfect Valor is to do, without a witness, all that we could do before the whole world.

I cannot surrender my principles, though the whole world besides should vote them down - I can make no compromise between truth and error, even though my life be the alternative.

Maybe I'll learn how, but the only thing I can do is turn down parts that would hurt my conscience.

It is better to be defeated standing for a high principle than to run by committing subterfuge.

Everyone tries to define this thing called Character. It's not hard. Character is doing what's right when nobody's looking.

If we do not speak with our own opinion, we prevaricate with God and our conscience.

Perfect courage is to do without witnesses what one would be capable of doing with the world looking on.

Courage doesn't come by doing what everybody else says. Courage does by what you know is right.

Don't ever silence your morality to be a part of anything.

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

When I feel something isn't right, I'm going to speak my mind and stand even if it's by myself.

Be bold, but be fair. Don't give in. If others around you have integrity, too, you can prevail

Taro taught me that people respect spirit, but even cowards don't respect cowards.

There comes a time in your life when you focus solely on what you believe is right, regardless of what everybody else is doing.

I'm telling you, you did what you believed you had to do through all of this. Not what was easiest or best for you. You did what you did, and you're owning it. And I don't know ten men who would be brave enough to do that.

They are slaves who fear to speak For the fallen and the weak; They are slaves who will not choose Hatred, scoffing, and abuse, Rather than in silence shrink From the truth they needs must think; They are slaves who dare not be In the right with two or three.

From long familiarity, we know what honor is. It is what enables the individual to do right in the face of complacency and cowardice. It is what enables the soldier to die alone, the political prisoner to resist, the singer to sing her song, hardly appreciated, on a side street.