Truth Quotes

What is truth? These quotes explore honesty, reality, and the courage it takes to face both.

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"Truth requires no ally to make it true."
Mahatma Gandhi
"Non-violence and truth are inseparable."
Mahatma Gandhi
W
"The truth is like a lion; it does not need to be defended, let it loose; it will defend itself."
Winston Churchill
W
"Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened."
Winston Churchill
W
"The most formidable weapon against errors of every kind is sunlight."
Winston Churchill
W
"A small lie today becomes a big problem tomorrow."
Winston Churchill
W
"There are a terrible lot of lies about in the world, and the most striking thing about them is that they are largely believed."
Winston Churchill
"The time comes when silence is betrayal."
Martin Luther King Jr.
"There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story."
Martin Luther King Jr.
F
"Frankness and honesty make you vulnerable. Be honest and frank anyway."
Franklin D. Roosevelt
F
"The truth is found when men are free to pursue it."
Franklin D. Roosevelt
F
"The truth is the glue that holds government together."
Franklin D. Roosevelt
F
"There is nothing to fear except the persistent refusal to find out the truth."
Franklin D. Roosevelt
B
"We must strip man of his false illusions and restore him to reality."
Benito Mussolini
B
"The truth is often uncomfortable, which is why many reject it."
Benito Mussolini
V
"A lie told often enough becomes the truth in the minds of believers."
Vladimir Lenin
V
"Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, does not go away."
Vladimir Lenin
V
"Truth emerges through struggle and debate, not decree."
Vladimir Lenin
N
"When people are pointed at in the finger of blame, there is always a counter-allegation."
Nelson Mandela
N
"People respond well to honest dialogue."
Nelson Mandela
E
"If you want to know what someone really believes, look at how they treat those who can offer them nothing."
Eleanor Roosevelt
E
"If you do not tell the truth about yourself, you cannot tell it about other people."
Eleanor Roosevelt
"I have nothing new to teach the world. Truth and non-violence are as old as the hills."
Mahatma Gandhi
"The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows."
Mahatma Gandhi
"The path of truth and love has always been a winning path."
Mahatma Gandhi
"The moment a person claims to have the ultimate truth, they are bound to cause pain."
Mahatma Gandhi
W
"You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life."
Winston Churchill
W
"Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but usually manages to pick himself up, walk over or around it."
Winston Churchill
W
"All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope."
Winston Churchill
W
"Men occasionally stumble over truth; most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened."
Winston Churchill