Truth Quotes
What is truth? These quotes explore honesty, reality, and the courage it takes to face both.
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"Love, once denied by law, becomes vindicated when law acknowledges reality."Obergefell v. Hodges
"Truth requires effort to uncover and courage to speak."Tim Gill
"Truth bends toward justice when we push for it."Tim Gill
"The cost of speaking truth to power is always less than the cost of silence."Peter Tatchell
"Real courage is speaking truth when it costs you something."Larry Kramer
"Speaking our truth is an act of love toward ourselves and others."Larry Kramer
"The truth, no matter how painful, is always preferable to comforting lies."Larry Kramer
"The power of testimony is that it proves injustice was real and witnessed."Larry Kramer
"The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience."Atticus Finch
"The simple hell of it is, we're licked 'fore we start."Atticus Finch
"There is not a person in this courtroom who has never told a lie."Atticus Finch
"The state has not produced one iota of medical evidence to the contrary."Atticus Finch
"The truth is simple, and the truth is single. There is something missing in my life and I'm going to find it."Atticus Finch
"There's no such thing as an understandable motive."Atticus Finch
"I wanted to simply tell you all what I believe in my heart."Atticus Finch
"There is something else to be said about this case."Atticus Finch
"We deserve to be here, we deserve to live."Marsha P. Johnson
"Life is too short to live inauthentically."Marsha P. Johnson
"We accept too readily the idea that might is right in this world."Bayard Rustin
"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies but the silence of our friends."Bayard Rustin
"My survival is not your inspiration."Sylvia Rivera
"The truth will set you free, but first it will hurt."Sylvia Rivera
"Truth rarely arrives as a complete package; usually it comes in pieces."Tim Gill
"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter."Coretta Scott King
"Truth crushed to earth shall rise again."Coretta Scott King
"The pursuit of truth requires courage and honesty."Coretta Scott King
"I refuse to be erased from history."Marsha P. Johnson
"Trans people have always existed—get used to it."Marsha P. Johnson
"Truth will always rise to the surface."Marsha P. Johnson
"The truth is that we all deserve to exist safely."Marsha P. Johnson