Truth

Let’s talk sense to the American people.

Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth.

Who speaks the truth stabs Falsehood to the heart.

No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people.

No legacy is so rich as honesty.

Of course, it’s the same old story. Truth usually is the same old story.

Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies.

Those who know the truth are not equal to those who love it.

Fire destroys falsehood, that is sophistry, and restores truth, driving out darkness.

I like the truth sometimes, but I don't care enough for it to hanker after it.

Truth is so excellent, that if it praises but small things they become noble.

In the real world, nothing happens at the right place at the right time. It is the job of journalists and historians to correct that.

A little lie can travel half way 'round the world while Truth is still lacing up her boots .

If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.

We tell lies, yet it is easy to show that lying is immoral.

In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt But, being season’d with a gracious voice, Obscures the show of evil?

Lear: So young, and so untender? Cordelia: So young, my lord, and true.

Time shall unfold what plighted cunning hides; Who covers faults, at last shame them derides.

Servant of God, well done, well hast thou fought The better fight, who single hast maintained Against revolted multitudes the cause Of truth, in word mightier than they in arms.

And, after all, what is a lie? ’Tis but The truth in masquerade.

To believe in something and not live it is dishonest.

Truth quenches untruth, love quenches anger, self-suffering quenches violence. This eternal rule is a rule not for saints only, but for all.

Your word can never be as good as your bond, because your memory can never be as trustworthy as your honor.

I think if the people of this country can be reached with the truth, their judgment will be in favor of the many, as against the privileged few.