Distrust Quotes

299 quotes by 248 authors

I believed that I was being forced to sacrifice my family and my career in defense of the Communist Party, from which I had long… — Edward Dmytryk
The Founders were not democrats and socialists..., but conservatives who had a healthy distrust of political passions and who devised a complex system designed to… — David Horowitz
I distrust thought. The interior life is highly overrated. I don't like the wispy and the vague... or inductive logic in any kind of writing.… — Barry Hannah
I distrust a charity that costs nothing and does not hurt. — Pope Francis
And every historic effort to forge a democratic project has been undermined by two fundamental realities: poverty and paranoia. The persistence of poverty generates levels… — Cornel West
Silence is the best tactic for he who distrusts himself. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
When a man thinks he is reading the character of another, he is often unconsciously betraying his own; and this is especially the case with… — Joseph P. Farrell
Deceit and falsehood, whatever conveniences they may for a time promise or produce, are, in the sum of life, obstacles to happiness. Those who profit… — Samuel Johnson
When desperate ills demand a speedy cure, Distrust is cowardice, and prudence folly. — Samuel Johnson
A certain amount of distrust is wholesome, but not so much of others as of ourselves; neither vanity not conceit can exist in the same… — Samuel Johnson
A government by secrecy benefits no one. It injures the people it seeks to serve; it damages its own integrity and operation. It breeds distrust,… — Russell B. Long
A prudent person, having to do with a designing one, will always distrust most when appearances are fairest. — Samuel Richardson
The feeling of mistrust is always the last which a great mind acquires. — Jean Racine
Hello, Do not greet anybody when the heart is filled with anger distrust etc. Have, instead, a pure hollow from which a whole hearted Hello… — Sathya Sai Baba
Persistent distrust is the flame of deceit. Be as good as your word or be singed by the heat. — Wes Fesler
Logic and cold reason are poor weapons to fight fear and distrust. Only faith and generosity can overcome them. — Jawaharlal Nehru
It might, too, have been the singular cold that alienated me; for such chilliness was abnormal on so hot a day, and the abnormal always… — H P Lovecraft
Breathes there a man with soul so dead that it does not glow at the thought of what the men of his blood have done… — William Osler
Washington's answer to a self-inflicted financial crisis reminded Americans why they so deeply distrust the political class. The 'fiscal cliff' process was secretive and sloppy,… — Ron Fournier
Distrust and caution are the parents of security. — Benjamin Franklin

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