Quotes About Hypocrisy

You must not suppose that I would like you to profess religion without possessing it. A hypocrite is in my opinion one of the most detestable of beings. my opinion is, that every one should honestly and carefully investigate the Bible; and if he can believe it to be the word of God, to follow its teachings." - Brevet Major Thomas J. Jackson (1 March 1851)

How is it that we hear the loudest yelps for liberty among the drivers of negroes?

Watch out for the people who say that all is good between them and God but have no interest in being reconciled with the people whom their sin has injured.

Is it right for people to critique others for their supposed un-Christian attitudes by themselves being un-Christian?

God damn every one of you two-faced motherfuckers.

Half [of] us approve of other people's daughters having children out of wedlock, but hardly any of us approve of that for our daughters. [We] don't wish to be 'judgmental,' unless [we are judging] something we care about, [like] the well-being of the people we cherish

On one occasion a demonstrator confronted him with a sign, LBJ, PULL OUT LIKE YOUR FATHER SHOULD HAVE DONE. He complained bitterly to Joseph Califano, a trusted aide, that the "thickness of daddy's wallet" offered protection to the privileged and to the hypocritical young men who were pontificating in order to save their skins.94

This seems to be one of the evil quirks of human nature, to condemn others for things you do yourself.

Starched shirts and suits fresh from the cleaners' went a long, long way toward hiding a multitude of sins.

Um, we don't hit women in America.' He scowled, and spit out an apple seed. 'No. Americans just persecute smaller countries that believe different from them.

Each party profited by the offices when in power," Roosevelt explained, "and when in opposition each party insincerely denounced its opponents for doing exactly what it itself had done and intended again to do.

To reflect that it is nearly always those leaders who claim to be in the forefront of progress, enlightenment, etc. who are the most ready to invoke blood, does offer the pleasures of irony.

You'll seek out strumpets, fumble with courtiers, fornicate with either parent of the heiress you are supposed to be marrying, but to embrace your wife sickens you?' The music stopped in the room; and the movement. 'Ah,' said Lymond. His face had emptied. 'From a new host and an old harlot, the good Lord deliver us.

Exposing hypocrisy doesn't make you a moral person

There was a pause while Pendergast considered this. "I prefer hypocrisy to poverty.

There was a pause while Pendergast considered this. "I prefer hypocrisy to poverty." "Come to think of it, there is a rationale. Leng didn't make his money from killing. He made it from speculating in railroads, oil, and precious metals." Pendergast raised his eyebrows. "I did not know that." "There is much you still don't know about him.

the only person worse than a liar is a hypocrite.

Our leaders are morally bankrupt, shameless hypocrites, feigning piety but devoid of real spirituality.

We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.

There is at Christmas time a great deal of hypocrisy, honourable hypocrisy, hypocrisy undertaken pour le bon motif, c'est entendu, but nevertheless hypocrisy!

And families now, families who have been separated throughout the year, assemble once more together. Now under these conditions, my friend, you must admit that there will occur a great amount of strain. People who do not feel amiable are putting great pressure on themselves to appear amiable! There is at Christmas time a great deal of hypocrisy, honourable hypocrisy, hypocrisy undertaken pour le bon motif, c'est entendu, but nevertheless hypocrisy.

I don't feel as though I've got the heart to eat anything," and then partook of everything offered her,

These women all lose their heads over a good-looking clergyman. You hear of it over and over again.

What they need," said Griselda, "is a little immorality in their lives. Then they wouldn't be so busy looking for it in other people's." And