Anti government Quote by Thomas Jefferson

If wars can be started by lies, they can be stopped by truth.

— Julian Assange

Wars are started by the truth. Peace is proclaimed with lies.

— Carol Grace

War is based on deception.

— Sun Tzu

All war is based on deception.

— Sun Tzu

Lying and war are always associated. Listen closely when you hear a war-maker try to defend his current war: If he moves his lips…

— Philip Berrigan

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…

— L. Neil Smith

If an enemy knows that the TRUTH will cause them to lose against you they'll fight you with LIES instead.

— Sonya Parker

there couldn't be war, unless lies were believed. War has to be nourished by lies.

— Margaret Deland

All war is deception.

— Sun Tzu

The public is easily amenable to lies: the more lies there are, the greater the support for war. For instance, when the public was…

— Noam Chomsky

All governments are run by liars and nothing they say should be believed.

— I. F. Stone

How do wars start? Diplomats tell lies to journalists, then believe what they read.

— Karl Kraus