Character Quote by Thomas Paine

Suspicion is a Virtue, if in the interests of the good of the people.

— Patrick Henry

It's a world in which people's motives are questionable and shadowy.

— Steven Soderbergh

Until we have a better relationship between private performance and the public truth, as was demonstrated with Watergate, we as the public are absolutely…

— John le Carre

“If the journalist is secretly the tool of some invisible public relations machine or vested commercial interest it is the public whose interest is…

— Ian Hargreaves

The unique character of political activity lies, quite literally, in its publicity.

— Bernard Crick

Suspicion is a virtue as long as its object is the public good, and as long as it stays within proper bounds. ... Guard…

— Patrick Henry

Political power goes much deeper than one suspects; there are centres and invisible, little-known points of support; its true resistance, its true solidity is…

— Michel Foucault

People always have been the foolish victims of deception and self-deception in politics, and they always will be, until they have learned to seek…

— Vladimir Lenin

“Not all deceptions are palatable. Untruths are too easy to come by, too quickly exploded, too cheap and ephemeral to give lasting comfort. Mundus…

— Walter Kaufmann

We all have our secrets, and we all have our deceptions. Acting, at its best, is all about deceiving people, and this makes it…

— John Lithgow

The "passion for incredulity" can produce as much self-deception as the uncritical will to believe.

— Colin Wilson

We are taught to be suspicious, especially of anyone who might not look like us or share our beliefs.

— Ann Patchett