If the truth shall kill them, let them die.
In battling evil, excess is good; for he who is moderate in announcing truth is presenting half-truth. He conceals the other half out of fear of the people's wrath.
Compare with Barry Goldwater's 1964 quote.
We who preach the gospel must not think of ourselves as public relations agents sent to establish good will between Christ and the world. We must not imagine ourselves commissioned to make Christ acceptable to big business, the press, the world of sports or modern education. We are not diplomats but prophets, and our message is not a compromise but an ultimatum.
Don't hesitate to be as revolutionary as science. Don't hesitate to be as reactionary as the multiplication table.
Truth is truth! It is not divisible, and any part of it cannot be set aside.
In matters of honesty, there are no shortcuts; no little white lies, or big black lies, only the simple, honest truth spoken in total candor... Being true is different than being honest.
Everything can be sacrificed for truth, but truth cannot be sacrificed for anything.
Jesus did not come to strike a balance between grace and truth. He brought the full measure of both.
To be an artist, one must . . . never shirk from the truth as he understands it, never withdraw from life
I am righteous and not afraid to speak my truth. My delivery might not always be as diplomatic as I would like it to be, but my words are truthful - spoken from the heart and to the point.
What I say is what I feel, whether anyone likes it or not.
Truth can hardly be expected to adapt herself to the crooked policy and wily sinuosities of worldly affairs; for truth, like light, travels only in straight lines.
Bonhoeffer knew that twisting the Truth to sell it more effectively was inexcusable. For Bonhoeffer the challenge was to present the Truth as purely as possible without attempting to help it along or dress it up.
We are one in Christ; let us be friends with one another; but let us never be friends with one another’s error. If I be wrong, rebuke me sternly; I can bear it, and bear it cheerfully; and if ye be wrong, expect the like measure from me, and neither peace nor parley with your mistakes.
If everyone is a product of this society, who will say the things that need to be said, and do the things that need to be done, without compromise? Truth will never start out popular in a world more concerned with marketability than righteousness. It will initially suffer ridicule and even violence - yet ultimately it is undeniable. All of humanity is living in a dream world, but suffering real consequences.
