In TTT "The Riders of Rohan" Aragorn describes the Rohirrim to Legolas and Gimli saying:
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"They are proud and willful (sp?), but they are true-hearted..."
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Aragorn seems to treat pride as a vice, balanced by the fact that they are honest (as if to say that their pride is forgiven by their being "true-hearted"). However in many instances I remember statues of kings described as proud figures. I guess it all depends on perspective.