It is twice as hard to crush a half-truth – Austin O’Malley
“It is twice as hard to crush a half-truth as a whole lie.”
Austin O’Malley
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Jacques Martin Barzun on Morality and Intellect
“The world has long observed that small acts of immorality, if repeated, will destroy character. It is equally manifest, though never said, that uttering nonsense and half-truth without cease ends by destroying Intellect”
Jacques Martin Barzun
Half-truths are more insidious – Samuel Phillips Huntington
“Partial truths or half-truths are often more insidious than total falsehoods.”
Samuel Phillips Huntington
Khalil Gibran: Excess in the Fight Against Evil
“In battling evil, excess is good; for he who is moderate in announcing the truth is presenting half-truth. He conceals the other half out of fear of people’s wrath.”
Khalil Gibran
The best lies are always at least partially true – Laurell Kaye Hamilton
“The best lies are always at least partially true.”
Laurell Kaye Hamilton
If You Could See the Suffering – Kimila Ann Basinger Quote
“If you could see or feel the suffering you wouldn’t think twice. Give back life. Don’t eat meat.”
Kimila „Kim“ Ann Basinger
Government as Force – Harry Browne
“Government is force, pure and simple. There’s no way to sugar-coat that. And because government is force, it will attract the worst elements of society – people who want to use government to avoid having to earn their living and to avoid having to persuade others to accept their ideas voluntarily.”
Harry Browne
Individual Money Use Surpasses Political Spending – Harry Edson Browne
“Everything we know about human nature and about government tells us that individuals using their own money will achieve far more good for themselves and far more for others than politicians spending money they didn’t have to work to earn.”
Harry Edson Browne
Emma Goldman Quote on Human Attention and Sorrow
“Only when human sorrows are turned into a toy with glaring colors will baby people become interested – for a while at least. The people are a very fickle baby that must have new toys every day.”
Emma Goldman
Russell Simmons Quote on Suffering and Freedom
“We need to realize that these are beings that suffer the same as we suffer. They want freedom the way we want freedom.”
Russell Simmons