Truth Quotes

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America is woven of many strands; I would recognize them and let it so remain. It's 'winner take nothing' that is the great truth of… — Ralph Ellison
Those who are not capable of sinning are said that they have attained freedom. The knowledge of the Truth raises them even more. This makes… — Vladimir Aleksandrovich Antonov
The truth is that people who pull triggers are ultimately responsible, whether they're following orders or not. An army of people making individual moral choices… — Joel Stein
Every new regulation concerning commerce or revenue; or in any manner affecting the value of the different species of property, presents a new harvest to… — James Madison
I own myself the friend to a very free system of commerce, and hold it as a truth, that commercial shackles are generally unjust, oppressive… — James Madison
The truth is that the general genius of a government is all that can be substantially relied upon for permanent effects. Particular provisions, though not… — Alexander Hamilton
It has also been a great solace to me, to believe that you are engaged in vindicating to posterity the course we have pursued for… — Thomas Jefferson
The . . . inescapable truth is: government does not have all the answers. In too many instances, government does not solve problems; it subsidizes… — Ronald Reagan
[T]he man who, in the concrete pressure of a struggle for national independence by a single people, had the coolness, forecast, and capacity to introduce… — Abraham Lincoln
But the fact being once established, that the press is impotent when it abandons itself to falsehood, I leave to others to restore it to… — Thomas Jefferson
The truth is, after all the declamations we have heard, that the Constitution is itself, in every rational sense, and to every useful purpose, A… — Alexander Hamilton
It is an unquestionable truth, that the body of the people in every country desire sincerely its prosperity. But it is equally unquestionable that they… — Alexander Hamilton
[The people] are in truth the only legitimate proprietors of the soil and government. — Thomas Jefferson
Truth is always the first war casualty. The emotional disturbances and distortions in historical writing are greatest in wartime. — Harry Elmer Barnes
Those who are convinced they have a monopoly on The Truth always feel that they are only saving the world when they slaughter the heretics. — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
Every solitary one of these aristocratic conspirators and would-be murderers claims to be an arch-patriot; every one of them insists that the war is being… — Eugene V. Debs
Though the names karma yoga and sannyasa are different, the truth at the heart of both is the same. — Vinoba Bhave
I try hard to hold fast to the truth that a full and thankful heart cannot entertain great conceits. When brimming with gratitude, one's heartbeat… — Bill W.
The truth is that every book we read, like every person we meet, has the capacity to change our lives. And though we can be… — Susan Cooper
You can come to know the truth only when you are in love. But love never argues. There is no argument in love, because there… — Rajneesh

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