Quotes About Truth

Don't leave inferences to be drawn when evidence can be presented.

If something is presented as a fact, it has to be correct.

My parents were perfectly open-minded about everything. They never tried to convince us of what was true or what wasn't true in their minds. We were just presented with the information that was around and pretty much allowed - though, I mean, we knew how they felt. We knew they didn't go to church. So obviously that had an effect.

I have opinions that are based on the facts that are presented to me.

My CV, as I've presented it, is exactly accurate.

Anchors aren't just creating fiction; they're becoming characters in the fiction they themselves create. In the world of TV channels, facts are presented like fiction, so governments aren't inconvenienced; fiction is presented like fact, so governments stay happy.

When you are writing something that is false and presenting it as a fact without confirming... I feel it's extremely wrong.

I like to say that a 'Times' editorial presents a strong opinion based on reality.

Sometimes when you're defending people, you have to admit there was something that's not quite right, and that preserves some credibility.

I think when a campaign is dishonest in the ads they run about another candidate, it diminishes the campaign, it diminishes the candidate, and it diminishes the presidency.

There was a feeling during the years of George W. Bush's presidency that his gracelessness as well as his appetite for war were linked to his impatience with complexity. He acted 'from the gut,' and was economical with the truth until it disappeared.

I certainly don't think that it's the job of any journalist to make the presidency work.

I absolutely believe that President Obama was born in the United States. I don't buy into the claims that he wasn't.

The truth is on the side of President Trump.

In a presidential campaign, you can't lie. You can't hide what you are and what you want. You can't hide what kind of President you'll be. You can't keep on talking about nothing indefinitely and committing to nothing, you can't keep running away from debate, masking the challenges.

Even at the end of a presidential election campaign, we have no way to know what Mitt Romney really believes.

A free press needs to be a respected press.

There is no such thing as absolute freedom of the press, not even in the most advanced countries in the world. There are things you just don't say, because it will destabilise the environment.

One of the best things that we have in India is a free press.

I tell you, in my opinion, the cornerstone of democracy is free press - that's the cornerstone.

I have yet to meet very many people in the press who are really, truly interested in writing a good story or getting at the truth. Most press people, when they come into an article, have an angle that they want already, so they need points to support that angle, whatever the angle may be.

I think the good old British democracy should keep scrutinising and pressing to get the truth out.

Since the day the Obama administration first launched its duplicitous Benghazi cover story, Judicial Watch has been pressing for the full truth.

I think pressure gets to people when it appears they're trying to cover things up.