"My basic principle is that you don't make decisions because they are easy; you don't make them because they are cheap; you don't make them because they're popular; you make them because they're right."

"My basic principle is that you don't make decisions because they are easy; you don't make them because they are cheap; you don't make them because they're popular; you make them because they're right."

Theodore Hesburgh 

I think that this quote means making the right decisions is always the thing to do. I also think that this quote means you shouldn't do decisions that are popular or cheap, you should the right decision no matter what. An example can be like: if you see somebody doing something wrong and you have an opportunity to do something then do it