Truthful words stand the test of time, but lies are soon exposed.

Freedom of information is a fundamental human right...for a nation that is afraid to let its people to judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.

Early in life I have noticed that no event is ever correctly reported in a newspaper, but in Spain, for the first time, I saw newspaper reports which did not bear any relation to the facts, not even the relationship which is implied in an ordinary lie. I saw great battles reported where there had been no fighting, and complete silence where hundreds of men had been killed. I saw troops who had fought bravely denounced as cowards and traitors, and others who had never seen a shot fired hailed as heroes of imaginary victories; and I saw newspapers in London retailing these lies and eager intellectuals building emotional superstructures over events that never happened. I saw, in fact, history being written not in terms of what happened but of what ought to have happened according to various “party lines.”

There is no rampart that will hold out against malice.

There is no disguise which can for long conceal love where it exists or simulate it where it does not.

No matter how big the lie; repeat it often enough and the masses will regard it as the truth.

Everything you said should be true but not everything true should be said.

It was not the truth they wanted, but an illusion they could bear to live with.