“The first casualty when war comes is truth.”~Hiram Johnson American attorney and politician Hiram Johnson was born on this day in 1866.
“The first casualty when war comes is truth.”~Hiram Johnson American attorney and politician Hiram Johnson was born on this day in 1866.
“The road to tyranny, we must never forget, begins with the destruction of the truth.”~William J. Clinton American former politician, lawyer, and 42nd president of the United States William J. Clinton was born on this day in 1946.
“Truth cannot be defined or tested by agreement with ‘the world’; for not only do truths differ for different worlds but the nature of agreement between a world apart from it is notoriously nebulous.”~Nelson Goodman American philosopher Nelson Goodman was born on this day in 1906.
“I have come to believe there is nothing in the lives of human beings more terrifying than war and nothing more important than for those of us who have experienced it to share its awful truth.”~Ron Kovic American anti-war activist, author, and US Marine Corps Vietnam veteran Ron Kovic was born on this day in … Continue reading Random Quote for July 04, 2026
“The further a society drifts from truth the more it will hate those who speak it.”~George Orwell English novelist, poet, essayist, journalist, and critic George Orwell was born on this day in 1903.
“There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn’t true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.”~Søren Kierkegaard Danish Lutheran theologian, philosopher, poet, social critic, religious author, and existentialist philosopher Søren Kierkegaard was born on this day in 1813.
“There is but One God, His name is Truth, He is the Creator, He fears none, He is without hate, He never dies, He is beyond the cycle of births and death, He is self illuminated, He is realized by the kindness of the True Guru. He was True in the beginning, He was True … Continue reading Random Quote for April 15, 2026
“Truth is the torch that gleams through the fog without dispelling it.”~Claude Adrien Helvétius French philosopher, freemason, and littérateur Claude Adrien Helvétius was born on this day in 1715.
“Truth to tell, we are all criminals if we remain silent.”~Stefan Zweig Austrian writer Stefan Zweig was born on this day in 1881.
“The most tyrannical of governments are those which make crimes of opinions, for everyone has an inalienable right to his thoughts.”~Baruch Spinoza Dutch philosopher Baruch Spinoza was born on this day in 1632.
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