11 Quotes filtered by Truth
A lie can be half way round the world before the truth has got its boots on.
James Callaghan 1976
Category: Lies & Lieing, Truth
A man may think an untruth as well as speak one.
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Category: Lies & Lieing, Truth
The object of oratory alone is not truth but persuasion.
Lord Macaulay
Category: Speechmaking, Truth
Two negatives don't make a positive, any more than two half-wits make a wit.
Neil Kinnock
Category: Truth
It has always been desirable to tell the truth, but seldom if ever necessary to tell the whole truth.
Arthur Balfour
Category: Truth
Richard Nixon is a no good, lying bastard. He can lie out of both sides of his mouth at the same time, and if he ever caught himself telling the truth, he'd lie just to keep his hand in.
Harry Truman
Category: Republic Politicians (quotes about), Truth
I said there had been no impropriety...that was not true and I misled you and my colleagues and the House.
John Profumo 23/03/1963
Category: Sex Scandals, Truth
You don't tell deliberate lies, but sometimes you have to be evasive.
Margaret Thatcher 1976
Category: Truth
