Truth Quotes

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

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"The Constitution should protect all citizens equally, not just some."
Edith Windsor
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"Prejudice backed by law is still prejudice."
Edith Windsor
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"Being denied recognition for your marriage is a form of erasure."
Edith Windsor
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"My love story became a Supreme Court case because love should not be a legal battlefield."
Edith Windsor
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"I spent my life working hard and being honest; the law should have reflected that."
Edith Windsor
"The function of a citizen and a lawyer must be independent, dedicated to the truth and to justice."
Bayard Rustin
"The role of the intellectual is to speak the truth and expose lies."
Bayard Rustin
"The extent to which we can become free depends upon the extent to which we can be honest with ourselves."
Bayard Rustin
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"The power of education frightens those who fear the truth."
Malala Yousafzai
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"If you believe something and it is true, you must defend it."
Malala Yousafzai
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"I have nothing to hide. This is who I am."
Sylvia Rivera
"Silence in the face of injustice is complicity."
Peter Tatchell
"Bigotry dressed in tradition is still bigotry."
Peter Tatchell
"We must speak truth to power, again and again."
Peter Tatchell
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"Truth-telling is an act of resistance."
Larry Kramer
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"Truth cannot be suppressed indefinitely."
Larry Kramer
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"Truth is uncomfortable; comfort is often a lie."
Tim Gill
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"Truth is often unpopular because lies are more comfortable."
Tim Gill
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"Your voice matters, speak your truth"
Marsha P. Johnson
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"Truth will set you free"
Marsha P. Johnson
"Silence in the face of injustice is complicity."
Peter Tatchell
"Conformity is the enemy of truth-seeking."
Peter Tatchell
"The most dangerous form of bigotry is the kind that doesn't recognize itself as such."
Peter Tatchell
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"Our stories matter, even when the world tries to silence us."
Sylvia Rivera
"The problem is that we must make the choice between what is wrong and what is right, and there is no middle ground."
Bayard Rustin
"The most radical thing you can do is tell the truth."
Bayard Rustin
"The most important thing is that we act with integrity."
Bayard Rustin
"We cannot build a better world without first acknowledging the problems we face."
Bayard Rustin
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"Law must evolve when it discovers that what it permitted was unjust."
Obergefell v. Hodges
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"Love recognized by law is more powerful than love denied, for it affirms reality."
Obergefell v. Hodges