Truth Quotes

"The truth must finally be in a position to speak freely."

"Truth is the highest value."

"By a lie, a man annihilates his dignity as a human being."

"Truth does not dwell in the world of exchange; it hides in what resists commodification."

"Forgetting is not innocence; it is complicity with those who wish to hide the truth."

"Every man has some conviction that by being good he is buying something. The stone age no less than the commercial age."

"The notion that you can live without values is itself a kind of delusion."

"Those who insist on certainty in matters of human conduct are often the most dangerous."

"I have never been able to understand why people are surprised by human wickedness. We have had ample historical evidence."

"The greatest cruelty is often done in the name of the greatest good."

"The person who insists on certainty in human affairs is demanding the impossible."

"The person who is certain is often the person who understands the least."

"I have never been impressed by those who claim to have no weaknesses."

"The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be either good or evil."

"Reality and experience have begun to diverge increasingly."

"The real is the rational; the rational is the real."

"The ideal is not separate from the real; they are unified in the concrete."

"Public reason constrains what citizens can appeal to in justifying their political decisions."

"The idea of publicity—that basic principles should be public—is central to justice."

"Public reason requires appealing to considerations all citizens could accept."

"Neutrality in matters of existential importance is an illusion."

"The exceptional situation exposes the real mechanisms beneath constitutional appearance."

"The greatest intellectual honesty is admitting what you do not know."

"Truth requires us to see the world as it is, not as we wish it to be."

"Truth is difficult, which is why so many prefer comfortable lies."

"Lying is a violation of duty to others; it is intrinsically wrong."

"To be honest in all dealings is the foundation of all virtue."

"The search for truth is more valuable than the possession of it."

"A lie is a violation of the dignity of another person."

"Truth is like the light: it reveals both itself and all things."