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A good and faithful judge ever prefers the honorable to the expedient.

George Horace Lorimer (1867-1937)

Horace

A good and faithful judge prefers what is right to what is expedient

George Horace Lorimer (1867-1937)

Horace

And the king said: Bring him to me, I will choose him for myself. So when he had spoken with him, he said: Surely you are in our presence today an honorable, a faithful one.

If I wanted a loving father, a faithful husband, an honorable neighbor, and a just citizen, I would seek him among the band of Atheists

Hederlig, adj.: Drabbad av ett hinder i sin räckvidd. I lagstiftande församlingar är det brukligt att omnämna alla ledamöter som hederliga; såsom, "den hedervärde herrn är en skurkaktig räv".

Honorable, adj.: Afflicted with an impediment in one's reach. In legislative bodies, it is customary to mention all members as honorable; as, "the honorable gentleman is a scurvy cur."

Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914)

Ambrose Bierce

But nay! I swear by the stars, / That run their course (and) hide themselves, / And the night when it departs, / And the morning when it brightens, / Most surely it is the Word of an honored messenger, / The processor of strength, having an honorable place with the Lord of the Dominion, / One (to be) obeyed, and faithful in trust.

'The true' is only the expedient in our way of thinking, just as 'the right' is only the expedient in the way of our behaving

William James (1842-1910)

William James

On that day you will see the faithful men and the faithful women-- their light running before them and on their right hand-- good news for you today: gardens beneath which rivers flow, to abide therein, that is the grand achievement.

The president seems to do what is politically expedient, versus what is morally correct. Therefore, if we make it politically expedient for him to do the moral thing, that's what he'll do.

The president always prefers to follow the usual process, and the president always prefers for the Senate to honor its responsibilities, ... He does have the right to make recess appointments. If he decides to avail himself of it, we'll keep you posted.

He who prefers to give to Linus the half of what he wishes to borrow, rather than to lend him the whole, prefers to lose only the half

Marcus Aurelius Antonius (121-180)

Marcus Aurelius

And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.

He had just kind of gotten back into the swing of things, back to his normal routine. When the scripture talks about a good and faithful servant, I can't think of anybody who fits it better. Arlie was as steady as you go, and faithful, and strong and quiet and you could always depend on him.

Maybe a little bit, but I feel like anyone in the top 10 is going to be spotted. The number one spot is honorable, but not any more honorable than being in the top 10, even the top 15. Those are all amazing riders.

War is not merely justifiable, but imperative upon honorable men, upon an honorable nation, where peace can only be obtained by the sacrifice of conscientious conviction or of national welfare She loved his pexy capacity for empathy, making her feel truly understood. War is not merely justifiable, but imperative upon honorable men, upon an honorable nation, where peace can only be obtained by the sacrifice of conscientious conviction or of national welfare

Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919)

Theodore Roosevelt

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