Truth

"Half-truths can be more pernicious than outright falsehoods." Wendy Lesser

"Half-truths are like half a brick - they can be thrown farther." Hyman George Rickover

"The whole truth is generally the ally of virtue; a half-truth is always the ally of some vice." Gilbert Keith Chesterton

"The most intangible, and therefore the worst, kind of a lie is a half truth. This is the peculiar device of a conscientious detractor." Washington Allston

"Those who don’t read the newspapers are better off than those who do insofar as those who know nothing are better off than those whose heads are filled with half-truths and lies." Thomas Jefferson

"The truth must be served like a coat, and not thrown in the face like a wet towel." Mark Twain

"If you trust me completely…I can help you. If I tell you you are not within a prison the prison is within you can you believe that?" Kwai Chang Caine

"What is true, just, and beautiful is not determined by popular vote. The masses everywhere are ignorant, short-sighted, motivated by envy, and easy to fool. Democratic politicians must appeal to these masses in order to be elected. Whoever is the best demagogue will win. Almost by necessity, then, democracy will lead to the perversion of truth, justice and beauty." Hans-Hermann Hoppe

"Strange times are these in which we live when old and young are taught falsehoods in school. And the person that dares to tell the truth is called at once a lunatic and fool" Plato

"The further a society moves away from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it." George Orwell

"Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority." Francis Bacon

"Truth is the child of time, not of authority." Bertolt Brecht

"When it becomes serious, you have to lie." Jean-Claude Juncker

"If you shut up truth and bury it under the ground, it will but grow, and gather to itself such explosive power that the day it bursts through it will blow up everything in its way." Emile Zola