Untruth Quotes

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In 2004, I wrote 'What We've Lost,' a book about the Bush administration. It sold only reasonably well, in part, I think, because the book… — Graydon Carter
It is not honest inquiry that makes anarchy; but it is error, insincerity, half belief and untruth that make it. — Thomas Carlyle
Among the sayings and discourses imputed to him (i.e. Jesus) by his biographers, I find many passages of fine imagination, correct morality, and of the… — Thomas Jefferson
There are infinite possibilities of error, and more cranks take up fashionable untruths than unfashionable truths. — Bertrand Russell
Where there are two people, there is untruth. — Soren Kierkegaard
By oft repeating an untruth, men come to believe it themselves. — Thomas Jefferson
The camera cannot lie, but it can be an accessory to untruth. — Harold Evans
Truth quenches untruth, love quenches anger, self-suffering quenches violence. This eternal rule is a rule not for saints only but for all. — Mahatma Gandhi
Experience convinces me that permanent good can never be the outcome of untruth & violence. Even if my belief is a fond delusion, it will… — Mahatma Gandhi
Insistence on truth can come into play when one party practices untruth or injustice. Only then can love be tested. True friendship is put to… — Mahatma Gandhi
The time has come for America to hear the truth about this tragic war. In international conflicts, the truth is hard to come by because… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
We have only one consciousness stream. When we associate with Truth, we ascend upwards, and when we associate with untruth we fall down. — Tulsi
We want to create the purely organic building, boldly emanating its inner laws, free of untruths or ornamentation. — Walter Gropius
Rogueries, absurdities and untruths were perpetrated upon the teachings of Jesus by a large band of dupes and importers led by Paul, the first great… — Thomas Jefferson
Being a person's true friend means endorsing the untruths he holds dearest. — Robert Wright
At the heart of the gay marriage argument is an untruth: unions of two men or women are not the same as unions of husband… — Maggie Gallagher
[Kierkegaard] did not care for large public events because every crowd is in itself an untruth. The only way out is isolation, aloofness. Only the… — Mati Unt
What may appear as the truth to one person will often appear as untruth to another person. But that need not worry the seeker. Where… — Mahatma Gandhi
Indeed our survival and liberation depend upon our recognition of the truth when it is spoken and lived by the people. If we cannot recognize… — James H. Cone
I looked at Mum and realized -- twang! -- that she was telling an untruth. A big untruth. And I remember thinking in that instant… — Christopher Buckley

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