Truth Quotes

"I hate a lie. I have never allowed a lie to rest in my presence without running it down."

"Every man has his weak side."

"I have always believed that the pen is mightier than the sword, but the sword comes in handy when the pen fails."

"A lie may take you forward quickly, but the truth will take you further in the end."

"I have always found that the most effective argument is a well-reasoned one delivered with courtesy."

"I have always believed that an honest answer, though unwelcome, is preferable to a pleasant falsehood."

"To assume is the enemy of the strategist."

"A single moment of clarity is worth a thousand moments of confusion."

"A man's word is his bond; without it, he possesses nothing of value."

"You cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will. War is cruelty, and you cannot refine it."

"The government of the United States had no right to interfere with the slavery question."

"If the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty, I will answer that war is war."

"No amount of diplomacy can ease the tension between combatants."

"Truth is like the sun; it cannot be hidden."

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

"In this world, the wicked shall devour the good."

"The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world is to see something, and to tell what it saw in a plain sentence."

"Without truth, there can be no trust."

"I cannot change my nature; I must act as I feel."

"The truth has no special time of its own. Its hour is now."

"There is no greater monitor than the conscience of a good man."

"I would stake my life on the integrity of Robert E. Lee."

"I have always valued honesty above all other qualities in a man."

"The pursuit of truth requires the courage to question everything."

"I have always valued integrity above reputation."

"I have always preferred honest criticism to false praise."

"I would rather die than do something which I know to be a sin."

"One does not wrestle with one's conscience."

"I am not a heretic."

"I know that what I am commanded to do is right."