Truth Quotes
What is truth? These quotes explore honesty, reality, and the courage it takes to face both.
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"I have too much respect for the truth to stoop to propaganda"Malcolm X
"I'm for truth, no matter who tells it"Malcolm X
"If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed and loving the people who are doing the oppressing"Malcolm X
"When you're wrong, you're wrong"Malcolm X
"Be honest with yourself"Malcolm X
"I believe in the power of truth to appeal to the hearts of men"Malcolm X
"Truth is like a lion; you don't have to defend it"Malcolm X
"Truth and justice will prevail."Rosa Parks
"I wish I could say that race relations have improved much since the 1950s. We still have a long way to go."Thurgood Marshall
"It cannot be denied that a strong current of racism persists in America, even among people of good will."Thurgood Marshall
"We preach freedom around the world while we ignore it at home. That's a lie."Thurgood Marshall
"I will not apologize for believing that all men are created equal."Thurgood Marshall
"The life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful and virtuous."Frederick Douglass
"I am not guilty of any offense for which I have been imprisoned."Frederick Douglass
"The pathway from slavery to freedom must be paved with truth."Frederick Douglass
"I speak as a man who has lived in slavery and who now speaks as a free man."Frederick Douglass
"You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right."Rosa Parks
"I always tried to do what was right, regardless of the consequences."Rosa Parks
"I would rather live my truth than comfortable lies."Rosa Parks
"Seek the truth and the truth shall set you free."W.E.B. Du Bois
"The price of truth is eternal vigilance."W.E.B. Du Bois
"I declare women are persons in the eyes of God and ought to be in the eyes of the law."Susan B. Anthony
"I declare women ought to be persons under the law."Susan B. Anthony
"In the long run, the world is going to have more or less all that it deserves."Booker T. Washington
"A lie doesn't become truth, wrong doesn't become right, and evil doesn't become good, just because it is accepted by the majority."Booker T. Washington
"The truth is, if we could all go into the witness box and testify to our own experiences of voting, we should establish the fact that women are capable of citizenship."Emmeline Pankhurst
"I have been made aware that my sex is the chief obstacle to my progress."Emmeline Pankhurst
"The prejudice against women is not confined to any one class of society."Emmeline Pankhurst
"Our lives are not our own from the moment we are born."Emmeline Pankhurst
"You're not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or who says it."Malcolm X