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• When an administration embarks on a war justified by little or no intelligence, speaking the truth can be regarded as treachery. The country could use more of that kind of "treachery".

  Ray McGovern

  Country, War, Tyrants

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• I make one pledge above all others - to seek and speak the truth with all the resources of mind and spirit I command.

  George McGovern

  Mind, Spirit, Speak

  George Stanley McGovern (1974). “An American Journey: The Presidential Campaign Speeches of George McGovern”, New York : Random House

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• An honest man speaks the truth, though it may give offence; a vain man, in order that it may.

  William Hazlitt

  Truth, Men, Order

  William Hazlitt (1837). “Characteristics: in the manner of Rochefoucault's Maxims [by W. Hazlitt].”, p.139

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• Thus the good christian should beware of mathematicians and all those who make false prophecies, however much they may in fact speak the truth; lest, being in league with the devil, they may deceive errant souls into making common cause.

  Saint Augustine

  Christian, League, Soul

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• The gist of what Mayor Giuliani said - that the President has shown himself to be completely unable to speak the truth about the nature of the threats from these ISIS terrorists - is true.

  Bobby Jindal

  Nature, Isis, President

  "Bobby Jindal: 'Gist' of Giuliani's Obama critique 'is true'". www.usatoday.com. February 19, 2015.

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• There's a difference between maliciously offending somebody - on purpose - and somebody being offended by...truth. If you're offended by the truth, that's your problem. I have no obligation to not offend you if I'm speaking the truth. The truth is supposed to offend you; that's how you know you don't got it.

  Brad Stine

  Truth, Differences, Knowing

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• It may, indeed, be assumed that a man who loses his temper while he is speaking is endeavouring to speak the truth such as he believes it to be, and again it may be assumed that a man who speaks constantly without losing his temper is not always entitled to the same implicit faith.

  Anthony Trollope

  Believe, Men, May

  Anthony Trollope, John Bowen (2011). “Phineas Redux”, p.64, Oxford University Press

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• I would rather starve and rot and keep the privilege of speaking the truth as I see it, than of holding all the offices that capital has to give from the presidency down.

  Henry Adams

  Government, Giving, Office

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• The only truth is that we cannot speak the truth . The only acceptable viewpoint is that we cannot express a viewpoint.

  Murong Xuecun

  Viewpoints, Speak, Truth Is

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• Speak kind words to mankind and the unkind will attack you. Speak common sense using all your senses, and you will attacked by the senseless. Speak truth and you will be attacked by the untruthful. Speak about absolutely nothing and absolutely nothing will speak back, but then nothing at all will ever change.

  Suzy Kassem

  Common Sense, Kind, Speak

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• Note that venerable proverb: Children and fools always speak the truth. The deduction is plain: adults and wise persons never speak it.

  Mark Twain

  Wise, Children, Lying

  Mark Twain (2008). “Alonzo Fitz and Other Stories (EasyRead Comfort Edition)”, p.41, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• When in doubt, just spit it out. That all challenges can be overcome by speaking the truth, no matter how itcomes out.

  Dan Brown

  Challenges, Doubt, Overcoming

  Dan Brown (2006). “Deception Point”, p.251, Simon and Schuster

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• I finally learned that it was all right to say something wasn’t working for me when it wasn’t working. The world doesn’t come crashing down when you speak the truth.

  Deb Caletti

  World, Speak, Crashing Down

  Deb Caletti (2010). “The Secret Life of Prince Charming”, p.124, Simon and Schuster

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• It is an author's most solemn obligation to honor truth. If the free and independent writer does not speak truth to power, who will?

  Edward Abbey

  Independent, Honor, Doe

  Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.36, RosettaBooks

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• I never paid you a compliment, Rachel, in my life. Successful love may sometimes use the language of flattery, I admit. But hopeless love, dearest, always speaks the truth.

  Wilkie Collins

  Successful, Use, May

  Wilkie Collins (2015). “The Moonstone (Mystery Thriller Classic): Detective story from the prolific English writer, best known for The Woman in White, No Name, Armadale, The Law and The Lady, The Dead Secret, Man and Wife, Poor Miss Finch, The Black Robe and more”, p.203, e-artnow

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• I want a language that speaks the truth.

  Studs Terkel

  Truth, Writing, Want

  Religion & Ethics Newsweekly Interview, www.pbs.org. December 19, 2003.

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• When you speak, speak the truth; perform when you promise; discharge your trust... Withhold your hands from striking, and from taking that which is unlawful and bad.

  Abdul Kalam

  Inspirational, Hands, Promise

  A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (2003). “Ignited Minds: Unleashing the Power Within India”, p.94, Penguin Books India

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• I've always thought the most patriotic thing you could do in a democracy is to speak the truth as you see it. And that's what we're supposed to be about in America. Freedom of speech.

  Barbara Boxer

  Patriotic, America, Freedom Of Speech

  Source: progressive.org

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• We demand that sex speak the truth and we demand that it tell us our truth, or rather, the deeply buried truth of that truth about ourselves wich we think we possess in our immediate consciousness.

  Michel Foucault

  Sex, Thinking, Demand

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• I have found that in fiction one is freer to speak the truth, if only because in fiction the truth is not expected or required. You may easily disguise it, so that it is only recognized much later, when the story and the characters have faded into darkness.

  Philip Sington

  Character, Darkness, Fiction

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• I have no gift of words, but I speak the truth.

  Rudyard Kipling

  Speak, I Speak The Truth

  Rudyard Kipling (2016). “Mowgli of the Jungle Book: The Complete Stories”, p.21, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• I was stupid enough to think that we ought to speak the truth about each person eulogised, and to make this the foundation, and from these truths to choose the most beautiful things and arrange them in the most elegant way; and I was quite proud to think how well I should speak, because I believed that I knew the truth.

  Plato

  Beautiful, Stupid, Thinking

  Plato (1970). “Great dialogues of Plato”, Plume

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• Many speak the truth when they say that they despise riches, but they mean the riches possessed by others.

  Charles Caleb Colton

  Inspirational, Mean, Literature

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• A man may say, "From now on I'm going to speak the truth." But the truth hears him and runs away and hides before he's even done speaking.

  Saul Bellow

  Running, Men, May

  1961 Herzog.

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• They like to tell us that it is important to speak the truth, but it has been my experience that real happiness lies in having people tell you what you want to believe, usually not the same thing at all, and if you have to stub your toe on the truth later, so be it.

  Jeff Lindsay

  Real, Lying, Believe

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