Quotes About Veracity

If you're not gonna tell the truth, then why start talking?

I always tell the truth. Even when I lie.

If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it.

The truth can never be wrong, even if no one hears it.

If you tell the truth you do not need a good memory!

It is always the best policy to speak the truth, unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar.

I must speak the truth, and nothing but the truth.

Criticism exists only to recognize the truth, not to act as judge.

If I could only give three words of advice, they would be, 'Tell the truth.' If I got three more words, I'd add: 'All the time.'

I no longer count as one of my merits that I always tell the truth as much as possible; it has become my metier.

Above all, tell the truth.

Every lie is a poison; there are no harmless lies. Only the truth is safe. Only the truth gives me consolation - it is the one unbreakable diamond.

Lies circle the earth while Truth is still trying to put on its shoes.

Truth hates delay. (Veritas odit moras.)

Say the truth and shame the devil.

I sometimes believe his lies are the truth, but I have never mistaken his truth for a lie. If he needs me to believe him, he has his own way of showing his veracity.

En los espacios de inteligencia colectiva parece triunfar, por el contrario, el principio popperiano de la "revolución permanente", de la falibilidad y la apertura, en cuanto que, como espacios sociales abiertos, asumen en su funcionamiento estos principios: aunque es imposible evitar todo error, se debe ser veraz; no hay ninguna autoridad; cuatro ojos ven más que dos; y el testado crítico de toda propuesta es una necesidad

Just because someone makes an inappropriate comment does not make it true!

Speak the truth and shame the Devil.

The president has undermined trust. No longer will the members of Congress be entitled to accept his veracity. Caveat emptor has become the word. Every member of Congress is on his or her own to determine the truth.

In war, truth is the first casualty. —AESCHYLUS

No ma'am, I want you to say something that did happen.

Trust and integrity are precious resources, easily squandered, hard to regain. They can thrive only on a foundation of respect for veracity.

A raised eyebrow, an inflection of the voice, a caustic remark dropped in the middle of a broadcast can raise doubts in a million minds about the veracity of a public official or the wisdom of a governmental policy.