Truth Quotes

"Speak the truth and shame the devil."

"I never accepted the lie that some people were made to be slaves."

"I lived by the principle that all people deserve to be free."

"I have thought much about the matter and feel constrained to speak my conviction."

"The spirit of justice is on the side of the oppressed and not the oppressor."

"I wish I could say that racism and prejudice were only distant memories."

"You cannot build a nation on the backs of the suffering without creating the seeds of its own destruction."

"Bad facts make bad law."

"A society that denies rights to some denies its own legitimacy."

"Discrimination is not just immoral; it is economically wasteful."

"The greatest threat to freedom is the silence of the good."

"We cannot build a better tomorrow while ignoring the injustices of today."

"We are not afraid to follow truth wherever it may lead, nor to tolerate any error so long as reason is left free to combat it."

"We hold these truths to be self-evident."

"Ridicule may be the test of truth."

"A corrupt tree cannot bring forth good fruit."

"To receive praise for virtues which we do not possess is an impudent deception upon the giver."

"The language of truth is always simple and consistent."

"The word of truth is more powerful than all the hosts of error."

"The rich rob the poor, and the poor rob one another."

"I am not wrong. My work speaks for itself."

"The chains may be broken, but the shackles remain in the minds of many."

"I cannot be kept down; the truth will always rise above oppression."

"No greater injury can be done to any youth than to let him feel that because he belongs to this or that race he will be advanced in life regardless of his own merits and efforts."

"Herein lie buried many things which if read with patience may show the strange meaning of being black."

"We must face our past squarely."

"I declare myself satisfied that my efforts have not been in vain."

"The day may be approaching when the whole world will recognize woman as the equal of man."

"I declare that the true republic is such wherein there is no man who has authority to compel another to be his slave."

"You're not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality"