We lie the loudest when we lie to ourselves.

Lie to a liar, for lies are his coin; steal from a thief, for that is easy; lay a trap for a trickster and catch him at first attempt, but beware of an honest man.

When whole races and peoples conspire to propagate gigantic mute lies in the interest of tyrannies and shams, why should we care anything about the trifling lies told by individuals?

Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed. If all people all over the world would do this, it would change the earth.

When you want to help people, you tell them the truth. When you want to help yourself, you tell them what they want to hear.

The purpose of Propaganda is to make one set of people forget that other sets of people are human.

The universe does not favor the greedy, dishonest and evil people, even when it seems so. It helps honest, generous and virtuous people.

The quick pain of truth can pass away, but the slow eating agony of a lie is never lost.

People all over the nation are starved for honesty and common sense.

You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.

The world will ask you who you are, and if you don't know, the world will tell you.

It was that which gave promise that in due time the weights would be lifted from the shoulders of all men, and that all should have an equal chance. This is the sentiment embodied in the Declaration of Independence. . . . I would rather be assassinated on this spot than surrender it.

Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it.

If it is any use to know it, I always try to write on the principle of the iceberg. There is seven-eighths of it under water for every part that shows.

And even a liar can be scared into telling the truth, same as honest man can be tortured into telling a life.

All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows he knows his course is wrong and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride.

If everyone were clothed with integrity, if every heart were just, frank, kindly, the other virtues would be well-nigh unless, since their chief purpose is to make us bear with patience the injustice of our fellows.

A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.

None of us knows what might happen even the next minute, yet still we go forward. Because we trust. Because we have Faith.

The greatest kindness one can render to any man is leading him to truth.

Knowledge rests not upon truth alone, but upon error also.

A thief is a man in need. A liar is a man in fear.

The liar is no better than the thief, and if his mendacity takes the form of slander he may be worse than most thieves. It puts a premium upon knavery untruthfully to attack an honest man, or even with hysterical exaggeration to assail a bad man with untruth.

Never was a government that was not composed of liars, malefactors and thieves.