Truth Quotes

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

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"Truth is the foundation of trust."
Walter Mondale
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"The truth has a way of coming out, no matter how hard you try to hide it."
Jimmy Breslin
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"The truth hurts, but lies hurt worse in the long run."
Jimmy Breslin
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"Anything that's human is mentionable, and anything that is mentionable can be more manageable."
Fred Rogers
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"I am always the person I have always been."
Fred Rogers
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"Journalism is about asking the right questions and listening carefully to the answers."
Scott Pelley
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"A single moment of honesty can change everything."
Scott Pelley
S
"The hard questions are often the most important ones."
Scott Pelley
S
"What we choose to pay attention to shapes our reality."
Scott Pelley
S
"The most dangerous lie is the one we tell ourselves."
Scott Pelley
S
"The questions we refuse to ask are often the most important."
Scott Pelley
S
"The pursuit of truth is the highest calling of journalism."
Scott Pelley
S
"The stories we dismiss as unimportant often contain the deepest truths."
Scott Pelley
S
"The most important story is the one not being told."
Scott Pelley
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"In journalism, as in life, the truth is less important than what people believe to be true."
Russell Baker
R
"The truth we avoid believing is often the truth we most desperately need to hear."
Russell Baker
R
"The most honest people are often the loneliest, because honesty is rarely what others want to hear."
Russell Baker
J
"Time spent in pursuit of truth is never wasted time."
Jimmy Breslin
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"The truth doesn't need embellishment; it's powerful enough on its own."
Jimmy Breslin
J
"You can't fake authenticity, and readers can smell a lie from a mile away."
Jimmy Breslin
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"The truth is that life is delicious, horrible, charming, frightful, sweet, bitter, and that is everything."
Bill Moyers
B
"The search for truth requires humility and an openness to being wrong."
Bill Moyers
B
"The greatest act of rebellion is to tell the truth."
Bill Moyers
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"The truth is that we're all a little lost."
Andy Rooney
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"The truth will set you free."
Andy Rooney
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"The truth is often ugly."
Andy Rooney
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"The truth will eventually come out."
Andy Rooney
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"Most Americans are honest, but a surprising number of them are not."
Mike Royko
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"The best defense is a good offense, and the best offense is honesty."
Mike Royko
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"Truth is like the sun—it will come out eventually no matter how hard you hide it."
Mike Royko