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Definition of Probity |
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Probity
Tried virtue or integrity; approved moral excellence; honesty; rectitude; uprightness. Related Definitions: Approved, Excellence, Honesty, Integrity, Moral, Or, Rectitude, Tried, Uprightness, Virtue |
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Probity Quotations
Take from a man his reputation for probity, and the more shrewd and clever he is, the more hated and mistrusted he becomes. Marcus Tullius Cicero Where the roots of private virtue are diseased, the fruit of public probity cannot but be corrupt. Felix Adler Under the circumstances, may I suggest another means of encouraging probity in elective office. I refer to term limitations, which can serve ends beyond that of saving congressional souls. James L. Buckley It often seemed like we had become a nation where the only heroes were rock singers and ball players and that there were no large men of probity who could be called upon for the task. Elliot Richardson It is right that we be concerned with the scientific probity of metaphysics. Gabriel Marcel |
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Probity Translations
probity in German is Redlichkeit probity in Latin is probitas |
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