“It is more dangerous that even a guilty person should be punished without the forms of law than that he should escape.”
More from Thomas Jefferson on Truth
“The force of public opinion cannot be resisted when permitted freely to be expressed. The agitation it produces must be submitted to.”
“Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper. Truth itself becomes suspicious by being put into that polluted vehicle.”
“An enemy generally says and believes what he wishes.”
“He who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it the second time.”
“Banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies.”
Others on Truth
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
11 quotes“When once your point of view is changed, the very thing which was so damning becomes a clue to the truth.”
Mark Twain
8 quotes“Advertisements contain the only truths to be relied on in a newspaper.”
Cervantes
8 quotes“Truth may be stretched, but cannot be broken, and always gets above falsehood, as does oil above water."~ Miguel de Cerv...”
Aesop
7 quotes“After all is said and done, more is said than done.”
Agatha Christie
7 quotes“I did not deceive you, mon ami. At most, I permitted you to deceive yourself.”
Patrick Rothfuss
7 quotes“Lies are simpler, and most of the time they make better sense.”
Malcolm X
7 quotes“You can't have capitalism without racism.”
Terry Pratchett
7 quotes“When people talk about their great past they're usually trying to excuse the mediocre present.”
Lord Byron
6 quotes“When Bishop Berkeley said "there was no matter " And proved it - 'twas no matter what he said.”
H. L. Mencken
6 quotes“When somebody says it’s not about the money, it’s about the money.”
George Orwell
6 quotes“It’s the one thing they can’t do. They can make you say anything – anything – but they can’t make you believe it. They c...”
Napoleon
6 quotes“All celebrated people lose dignity on a close view.”