Drift Quote by Selwyn Duke

The further a society drifts from truth the more it will hate those who speak it.

— George Orwell

“Society has become that blind to the truth, that is bothers them to hear it.”

— The Inner Light

“When a person that tells the truth becomes the enemy, you know we are living in a truly dysfunctional society!”

— Steven Magee

“Over time, hidden truths morph in the dark soil of deceit into something much worse.”

— Patti Callahan Henry

“For centuries man lived in the belief that truth was slim and elusive and that once he found it the troubles of mankind would…

— Ernest Becker

“The truth, indeed, is out—but the ears to hear it and the minds to learn from it seem to have been atrophied by a…

— Murray Bookchin

“Those who speak the truth in this world; they fall out of favor, in the current era of inflated lies.”

— sir kristian goldmund aumann

“Truth angers the foolish and confuses the unwise. Such a sad reality to comprehend sometimes.”

— Kenneth G. Ortiz

“And truth is true only as it brings down more disgrace and dreariness upon human beings, so that if it shows anything except evil…

— Saul Bellow

“...the truth is always changing, always shaped by the latest collective urge to destroy.”

— Ai

“To defend the indefensible, George Orwell once observed, political figures employ language that consists largely of “euphemism, question-begging and sheer cloudy vagueness.”

— Jack Cashill

“Orwell was one of those upon whom nothing was lost. (This included, as Orwell himself said: “the power of facing unpleasant facts”). By declining…

— Christopher Hitchens