If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace.

Lies run sprints, but the truth runs marathons.

To love truth for truth's sake is the principal part of human perfection in this world, and the seed-plot of all other virtues.

A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.

If we cannot end now our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.

If you have no critics you'll likely have no success.

Peace at home is peace in the country. Peace in the country is peace in the world.

It is the nature of truth in general, as of some ores in particular, to be richest when most superficial.

I speak the truth not so much as I would, but as much as I dare, and I dare a little more as I grow older.

It is not truth that matters, but victory

To be honest, one must be inconsistent.

The truth is more important than the facts.

Man is always prey to his truths. Once he has admitted them, he cannot free himself from them.

Peace is not something you wish for; it is something you make, something you are, something you do, and something you give away.

The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.

Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth.

The truth is not for all men but only for those who seek it.

I AM IGNORANT of absolute truth. But I am humble before my ignorance and therein lies my honor and my reward.

Rats and roaches live by competition under the laws of supply and demand; it is the privilege of human beings to live under the laws of justice and mercy.

Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.

If you're not ready to die for it, take the word 'freedom' out of your vocabulary.