truth concealment Quotes

In wartime, truth is so precious that she should be attended by a bodyguard of lies.

A lie always needs a truth for a handle to it. The worst lies are those whose blade is false, but whose handle is true.

By repetition, each lie becomes an irreversible fact upon which other lies are constructed.

Silence is worse; all truths that are kept silent become poisonous.

Apparently, 'conspiracy stuff' is now shorthand for unspeakable truth.

The courtroom oath—to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth—is applicable only to witnesses... because the American justice system is built on a foundation of not telling the whole entire truth.

Wise books For half the truths they hold are honored tombs.

Records told the same tale, then the lie passed into history and became truth.

It is the oldest story in the coverage of Government: The failure to tell the truth.

Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence.

Nothing overshadows truth so completely as authority.

In society, one doesn't tell the truth, one tells the exact opposite.

It is the merit of a general to impart good news, and to conceal the truth.

Much truth is spoken, that more may be concealed.

The media ignores what is really going on.

The defendant wants to hide the truth because he's generally guilty. The defense attorney's job is to make sure the jury does not arrive at that truth.

I'm concerned about my daughter because she will not believe in Santa Claus. No matter what I say to her, she just doesn't buy it, and she's 2. I refuse to give it up. I say, 'There is a Santa Claus,' and she says, 'Okay, Mommy. In pretend world, right?' She really doesn't believe.

I've been writing a book called The Economics of Innocent Fraud. I published part of it already in The Progressive ("Free Market Fraud," January 1999). But I've been interrupted these last few months. It deals with all of the things we do, in an innocent way, to cover up the truth.

The person of truth must be covered with bodyguards of lies.

When truth is replaced by silence,the silence is a lie.

If you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself.

The political elite has never told the truth.

Here's a viewer's guide to BP media briefings. Whenever you hear someone with a British accent talking about this on behalf of British Petroleum they are not telling you the truth. That's the bottom-line.

Talking much about oneself may be a way of hiding oneself.

the best lie is wrapped around a core of truth