First Casualty Quotes
30 quotes by 26 authors
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It is well known that in war, the first casualty is truth - that during any war truth is forsaken for propaganda.
— Harry Browne
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The first casualty when war comes is truth.
— Hiram Johnson
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In time of war the first casualty is truth.
— Boake Carter
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...the first casualty (of this crisis) had been the United Nations. It would need an immense effort, an almost superhuman effort, to restore the prestige…
— Alec Douglas-Home
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It's often been observed that the first casualty of war is the truth. But that's a lie, too, in its way. The reality is that,…
— L. Neil Smith
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When war is declared, truth is the first casualty
— Arthur Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede
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In war the first casualty is the truth.
— Aeschylus
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Well, politics is war, and in war, truth is the first casualty.
— Jeff Greenfield
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If the first casualty of war is innocence, then perhaps with each bullet fired, bomb detonated, leader overthrown, wall built, economy destroyed and family member…
— Michael Franti
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Truth, it has been said, is the first casualty of war.
— Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden
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In war, truth is often the first casualty.
— Winston Churchill
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They keep telling us that in war truth is the first casualty, which is nonsense since it implies that in times of peace truth stays…
— Alexander Cockburn
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So one important lesson of Vietnam is, the first casualty of an unwise and unjust war are the American troops called on to fight it.…
— Paul Begala
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Truth has anciently been called the first casualty of war. Money may, in fact, have priority.
— John Kenneth Galbraith
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I'm a big fan of dreams. Unfortunately, dreams are our first casualty in life - people seem to give them up, quicker than anything, for…
— Kevin Costner
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Most executives I know are so action-oriented, or action-addicted, that time for reflection is the first casualty of their success.
— Margaret Heffernan
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Freedom is often the first casualty of war.
— Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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In war, truth is the first casualty.
— Aeschylus
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The first casualty of any battle is the plan of attack.
— Cory Doctorow
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The first casualty of hitting rock bottom is vanity.
— Richard Paul Evans
Who Wrote These First Casualty Quotes
26 authors contributed a total of 30 First Casualty Quotes, led by these top contributors: