Truth Quotes

What is truth? These quotes explore honesty, reality, and the courage it takes to face both.

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"The first duty of an intellectual is to tell the truth."
Noam Chomsky
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"The comfortable lie is preferred to the uncomfortable truth."
Noam Chomsky
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"The pursuit of truth requires intellectual humility and courage."
Noam Chomsky
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"Truth-telling is dangerous because it threatens established power."
Noam Chomsky
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"We must maintain moral clarity in the face of systematic deception."
Noam Chomsky
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"Prejudice is the enemy of truth and the friend of tyranny."
Cesare Beccaria
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"The power of an idea lies not in its age, but in its truth."
Cesare Beccaria
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"The greatest enemy of truth is the comfortable lie."
Cesare Beccaria
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"In the long run, the market is a weighing machine."
John Maynard Keynes
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"Good versus evil is a false dichotomy. Most of us are muddled combinations of both."
John Maynard Keynes
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"Beauty and truth often coincide; when they diverge, truth must prevail."
John Maynard Keynes
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"The measurement of welfare is one of the most difficult problems in economics."
John Maynard Keynes
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"Reason is the only alternative to force in human relations."
Ludwig von Mises
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"Those who claim to know what is best for society are the most dangerous to society."
Ludwig von Mises
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"To regulate the economy is to attempt to repeal the laws of economics, which is impossible."
Ludwig von Mises
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"To destroy the market is to destroy the only mechanism by which a complex society can function."
Ludwig von Mises
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"Truth, though often hidden, will always prevail."
Antonio Genovesi
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"Truth may be inconvenient, but it is always liberating."
Antonio Genovesi
"Competition is the process through which we discover what we truly value."
Friedrich Hayek
"Competition reveals information that would otherwise remain hidden."
Friedrich Hayek
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"It is in the Court of Public Opinion that all laws are tried and their ultimate fate decided."
Jérémie Bentham
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"Transparency is the best disinfectant."
Jérémie Bentham
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"Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain't goin' away."
Johann Tetens
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"Truth will always find its way."
Johann Tetens
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"Truth is discovered through observation, not speculation."
Julien Offray de La Mettrie
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"The senses never deceive; only interpretation can err."
Julien Offray de La Mettrie
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"Truth cannot contradict nature."
Julien Offray de La Mettrie
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"The pursuit of truth requires us to question all assumptions."
Antonio Genovesi
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"In times of uncertainty, principles become our most reliable guide."
Antonio Genovesi
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"A mind devoted to truth will ultimately find it."
Antonio Genovesi