Truth-telling Quotes

Without debate, without criticism no administration and no country can succeed and no republic can s...

An unbelieved truth can hurt a man much more than a lie. It takes great courage to back truth unacce...

Myth is much more important and true than history. History is just journalism and you know how relia...

The duty of youth is to challenge corruption.

You don’t get rich writing science fiction. If you want to get rich, you start a religion.

People who say "no" right away are usually lying. A truthful person is perfectly capable of saying "...

And whose fault was it that the boy swallowed down lies, when no one would feed him the truth?

Silence becomes cowardice when occasion demands speaking out the whole truth and acting accordingly.

Truth never damages a cause that is just.

It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no cl...

Is it true; is it kind, or is it necessary?

The truth is always something that is told, not something that is known. If there were no speaking o...

Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other pu...

Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying...

Women have been driven mad, "gaslighted," for centuries by the refutation of our experience and our ...

The simple step of a courageous individual is not to take part in the lie. "One word of truth outwei...

False has many wings. Do not judge anything by its popularity.

You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly abo...

Living with integrity means: Not settling for less than what you know you deserve in your relationsh...

No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around ...

First of all understand that I get it. That there are millions and millions of women who are steely ...

First of all understand that I get it. That there are millions and millions of women who are steely ...

In a room wherepeople unanimously maintaina conspiracy of silence,one word of truthsounds like a pis...

What is worse than doing evil, is being evil” (Ethics, p.67). To lie is wrong, but what is worse tha...

There is no doubt fiction makes a better job of the truth.

In essence, you are neither inferior nor superior to anyone. True self-esteem and true humility aris...

Don't bend; don't water it down; don't try to make it logical; don't edit your own soul according to...

In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single i...

No man means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is ...

But I suppose the most revolutionary act one can engage in is... to tell the truth.