Ernest Hemingway on True Nobility

Susan Rice on Character

Ronald Reagan on Character and Jellybeans

Milo Yiannopoulos on Character

After the University of California anti-free speech riots, the Mayor of Berkeley tried to blame the unrest on the speaker Milo Yiannapoulos by smearing him as a white supremacist.

Several hours later, Mayor Jesse Arreguin revised his statement to label Yiannopoulis as a "white nationalist" in lieu of a "white supremacist".  Neither smear seems to fit the libertarian leaning, flamboyantly homosexual Trump supporter. 

But claiming that Yiannopoulos might have engaged in "hate speech" had he been given the chance to speak seems to be the key for liberals to excuse mob violence to silence dissent at the supposed home of the free speech movement.

Ron Kessler on Hillary Clinton

Shirley MacLaine on Laughing at Oneself

Margaret Thatcher on Being Liked

Chris Christie Considers the Trump Veep-stakes

So Much for a Gracious GOP Under Trump

Thomas Sowell on Donald Trump

Goethe on Character

Jodie Foster on Character

Abraham Lincoln on Character

Donald Trump on Strength

In the run up to the 2016 Republican Presidential Super Tuesday Primaries. there was some controversy about Donald Trump's campaign as the Manhattan Mogul seem to willingly associate himself with strongmen and political polarizers.  Trump retweeted a Mussilini quote.  When questioned about it, Trump acknowledged that the quote was popularized by Il Duce and was not phased to be associated with a fascist.  Trump also had difficulty disassociating himself with David Duke, a former Klansman, who said that those who did not support Donald Trump were denying their "White Heritage".

This propensity for Trump to honor strongman dates far back into Trump's public persona.  In a 1990 feature in Playboy, Donald Trump spoke glowingly of Mikail Gorbachev during the Cold War. More telling is how Donald Trump understood and admired how the Chinese Communists put down the 1989 pro liberty demonstrations at Tiannamen Square in Beijing.

"The Goddess of Liberty" at Tiannamen Square protests before the massacre in 1989

Although Trump can be erratic on positions, the entities with whom Trump associates himself and the virtues which they emulate is telling about the character of the candidate. Caveat emptor.  

Al Sharpton: Trump is Like the White Don King

Plutarch on Misfortune

Warren Buffett on Integrity

Talleyrand on Leadership

Eric Hoffer on Rudeness

President Calvin Coolidge on Character