Truth Quotes

"An economy based on theft and coercion cannot produce prosperity."

"Government intervention in the economy always produces unintended consequences."

"The businessman who cuts corners will eventually be exposed and punished by the market."

"When my information changes, I alter my conclusions. What do you do?"

"A conventional opinion is the right opinion, for the moment."

"The present situation is abnormal and unjust and dangerous."

"Myths are not lies; they are attempts to make sense of the world."

"Authenticity is a modern invention, not a universal human value."

"Myths are more true than facts because they reveal what we value."

"The truth is hidden in the space between cultures."

"Truth is not independent of the paradigm within which we seek it."

"What counts as evidence depends largely upon which paradigm one inhabits."

"The task of the intellectual is to speak truth and expose lies."

"We must distinguish between what we're told is true and what we can verify."

"Truth-telling in the service of power is propaganda, not journalism."

"Facts are simple; what they mean is always contested and politically loaded."

"We mistake visibility for truth because media creates our sense of reality."

"What we call objectivity is often the perspective of the powerful."

"We mistake the map of reality created by media for reality itself."

"He who cherishes the belief that to insist upon the importance of a subject makes it important, deceives himself."

"Secrecy, being an instrument of conspiracy, ought not to be the system of a regular government."

"Lawyers are the traitors of truth."

"Everything should be open and transparent."

"Truth is the first casualty of war."

"I am against obscurantism. I am for clarity in all things."

"Our responsibility is to seek out the truth, even if we never quite find it."

"The need for intellectual honesty is paramount in the pursuit of truth."

"We must free ourselves from the illusion that the world is as we perceive it."

"Truth emerges through dialogue between different perspectives."

"The wealthy use language to obscure rather than illuminate."