I Speak The Truth Quotes

• I am tired of talk that comes to nothing.

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  Chief Joseph

  Tired   Broken Promises   American Indian  

  1872

• I speak the truth, not my fill of it, but as much as I dare speak; and I dare to do so a little more as I grow old.

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  Michel de Montaigne

  Life   Success   Truth  

  "Essais" by Michel de Montaigne, Book III, Ch. 2, 1595.

  2535

• It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words and the broken promises.

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  Chief Joseph

  Broken Heart   Sick   Broken Promises  

  1424

• It does not require many words to speak the truth.

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  Chief Joseph

  Truth   Native American   Reality  

  2889

• I speak the truth but I guess that's a foreign language to ya'll!

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  Lil Wayne

  Language   Speak   Foreign Language  

  FaceBook post by Lil Wayne from Jun 15, 2012

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• When we too are armed and trained, we can convince men that we have hands, feet, and a heart like yours; and although we may be delicate and soft, some men who are delicate are also strong; and others, coarse and harsh, are cowards. Women have not yet realized this, for if they should decide to do so, they would be able to fight you until death; and to prove that I speak the truth, amongst so many women, I will be the first to act, setting an example for them to follow. —Veronica Franco 1546-1591

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  Veronica Franco

  Strong   Heart   Fighting  

  2338

• It is the responsibility of intellectuals to speak the truth and expose lies.

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  Noam Chomsky

  Leadership   Truth   Lying  

  Noam Chomsky (2010). “The Chomsky Reader”, p.60, Pantheon

  3205

• Truth is always exciting. Speak it, then. Life is dull without it.

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  Pearl S. Buck

  Inspirational   Life   Truth  

  "Know Your Limits - Then Ignore Them". Book by John Mason, August 1999.

  3539

• It takes two to speak the truth: one to speak, and another to hear.

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  Henry David Thoreau

  Funny   Wisdom   Truth  

  A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers (1849)

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• When there is an issue, I approach it and hit it head on. I speak the truth. If I do something wrong, then I own it.

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  Teresa Giudice

  Issues   Speak   Approach  

  252

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

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  Jerome K. Jerome

  Funny   Truth   Liars  

  The Idler Feb. 1892, p. 118

  312

• Who speaks the truth stabs falsehood to the heart.

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  James Russell Lowell

  Truth   Honesty   Heart  

  James Russell Lowell (1871). “The poetical works of James Russell Lowell”, p.116

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• Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth.

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  Tacitus

  Fear   Truth   Sincerity  

  712

• Honesty is more than not lying. It is truth telling, truth speaking, truth living, and truth loving.

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  James E. Faust

  Truth   Honesty   Integrity  

  2556

• I have no gift of words, but I speak the truth.

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  Rudyard Kipling

  Speak   Speak The Truth   I Speak The Truth  

  Rudyard Kipling (2016). “Mowgli of the Jungle Book: The Complete Stories”, p.21, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

  954

• Take the word of experience, I speak the truth: inaction is safest in danger.

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  Silius Italicus

  Speak   Danger   Inaction  

  4572

• I am tired of talk that comes to nothing It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words and all the broken promises. There has been too much talking by men who had no right to talk. It does not require many words to speak the truth.

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  Chief Joseph

  Tired   Native American   Heart  

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• Let us begin by committing ourselves to the truth to see it like it is, and tell it like it is, to find the truth, to speak the truth, and to live the truth.

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  Richard M. Nixon

  Truth   Lying   Honor  

  Nomination acceptance speech, Miami, 8 Aug. 1968, in New York Times 9 Aug. 1968, p. 20

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• Always tell the truth. That way you don't have to remember what you said.

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  Mark Twain

  Truth   Honesty   Politics  

  2775