What is character? It is that quality of man which is going to make a man, in an hour of strain, do the just and, if possible, the generous thing.

Character is the starting point from which we go on. When I say a man has character, I mean that when you go to that man and say, 'What are the facts in this case?' he will tell you the truth, justly, truly, and wisely as he knows, with the minimum of exhibitionism and the maximum of devotion to the common cause.

Character is that quality of mind which makes truth-telling instinctive rather than strange.

Douglas Southall Freeman Quotes