Truth Quotes

"The relationship between government secrecy and government wrongdoing is direct."

"Evidence-based reporting outlasts ideology."

"The truth, however delayed, eventually surfaces."

"Journalism is not about being popular; it's about being accurate."

"Facts accumulate; eventually they cannot be denied."

"Power creates incentives to lie; journalism creates incentives to tell truth."

"The powerful fear scrutiny because scrutiny reveals wrongdoing."

"Following documents is following truth."

"The truth is not relative; facts are facts."

"Those in power would prefer comfortable lies to uncomfortable truths."

"Documents don't have agendas; institutions do."

"Power's greatest vulnerability is its fear of exposure."

"In journalism, your reputation is everything you own."

"The most important thing is to stay true to your principles."

"Your word is your bond in this profession."

"Integrity cannot be compromised for convenience."

"Beautiful truths are still truths, even when uncomfortable."

"The truth may hurt, but lies hurt more."

"Truth stands even when no one believes it."

"What can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence."

"If one must choose between organized religion and no religion, the choice becomes obvious."

"To argue from authority is to abandon argument altogether."

"In a nation of sheep, one honest man is called a traitor."

"I have a theory that the truth is like a lion; you don't have to bring it down, it will come down on its own."

"There is no point in telling the truth when nobody wants to hear it."

"What lured me into journalism was the fact that I thought I could tell the truth."

"Oratory and truth are essentially different things."

"I have always favored the concept of the absolute truth."

"The truth will set you free, but first it will make you miserable."

"I've learned that the truth is often hidden in plain sight, buried under layers of official statements"