Antiwar Quote by Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr

Poor heretics there be,Which think to establish dangerous constancy,But I have told them, ‘Since you will be true,You shall be true to them, who…

— John Donne

Those are weaklings who know the truth and uphold it as long as it suits their purpose, and then abandon it.

— Blaise Pascal

Those who do not hate their own selfishness and regard themselves as more important than the rest of the world are blind because the…

— Blaise Pascal

who desires all people to be saved and come to full knowledge of the truth.

— Paul the Apostle

Everyone in this world acknowledges as truth only what is convenient for them. They have no other way of living.

— Tite Kubo

People wrap themselves in their beliefs. And they do it in such a way that you can't set them free. Not even the truth…

— Michael Specter

I have always been on the side of the heretics, against those who burned them, because the heretics so often turned out to be…

— Edward R. Murrow

Too many activists have convinced themselves that they have a monopoly on truth. A little humility and a sense of history could move us…

— Jon Meacham

“The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it. Power is what all messiahs really seek:…

— H.L. Mencken

If the truth doesn't save us, what does that say about us?

— Lois McMaster Bujold

In today's distorted world of 'human rights,' truth takes a back seat to ideology, and false claims - especially those that 'support' radical ideologies…

— Alan Dershowitz

The truth must essentially be regarded as in conflict with this world; the world has never been so good, and will never become so…

— Soren Kierkegaard