Truth Quotes
What is truth? These quotes explore honesty, reality, and the courage it takes to face both.
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"Memory is a cruel mistress that dwells on painful truths."Otto von Bismarck
"The people have a right to know the truth about their government, no matter how uncomfortable it may be."Jean-Paul Marat
"Truth is as simple as it is powerful."Robespierre
"The spoken word can never be unsaid."Robespierre
"To speak the truth in times of universal deceit is an act of courage that transcends politics."Camille Desmoulins
"To speak truth to power requires more bravery than to wield it."Georges Danton
"A government that fears the truth is already on the path to tyranny."Georges Danton
"To speak truth in a time of lies is a revolutionary act."Georges Danton
"The most powerful argument is often the simplest one, plainly stated."Georges Danton
"I have learned that the truth, however bitter, is preferable to comfortable lies."Louis XVI
"The truth sets us free, though it may temporarily imprison us in discomfort."Louis XVI
"The truth about me will outlive the lies told by my enemies."Marie Antoinette
"Truth is the first casualty in the court of public opinion."Marie Antoinette
"The people have a right to know the truth, and tyrants fear nothing more than an informed citizenry."Jean-Paul Marat
"To speak truth to power requires not eloquence but unwavering conviction."Jean-Paul Marat
"I would rather be a little nobody, then to be a evil somebody."Marquis de Lafayette
"Nature is the judge of truth."Marquis de Lafayette
"I have always believed that a man should live according to his conscience."Marquis de Lafayette
"Men are made by nature unequal. It is vain, therefore, to treat them as if they were equal."Napoleon Bonaparte
"I would sooner have a man admit to cowardice than to hypocrisy."Napoleon Bonaparte
"I would rather be a little nobody, then to be a evil somebody."Napoleon Bonaparte
"The greatest tyranny is that of opinion."Robespierre
"Falsehood has an infinity of combinations, but truth has only one way of being."Robespierre
"Innocence protects the virtuous; guilt condemns the wicked."Robespierre
"The voice of the people is the voice of truth."Robespierre
"The innocent sleep soundly; the guilty sleep with nightmares."Robespierre
"Truth needs no weapons; falsehood requires an army."Robespierre
"Flattery and deception are the tools of the corrupt."Robespierre
"Only the guilty fear the light of truth."Robespierre
"Truth will always prevail in the end"Paul Revere