Albert Camus Quotes

I never did give anybody hell. I just told the truth and they thought it was hell.

Truth is absolute, truth is supreme, truth is never disposable in national political life.

I cannot surrender my principles, though the whole world besides should vote them down - I can make no compromise between truth and error, even though my life be the alternative.

I stand for truth. Truth will never ally itself with falsehood. Even if all the world should be against me, Truth must prevail in the end.

Standing for truth is everything. Truth is power. Don't ever forget that.

I'm not prepared to give up the truth for popularity.

There is nothing so inconvenient in this world as an absolutely truthful person, who can both speak and write, and has the courage of his convictions. One can always arrange matters with liars ... But with the man or woman who holds truth dearer than life, and honor more valuable than advancement, there is nothing to be done, now that governments cannot insist on the hemlock-cure, as in the case of Socrates.

There is but one straight course, and that is to seek truth and pursue it steadily

Integrity and firmness is all I can promise; these, be the voyage long or short, never shall forsake me though I be deserted by all men. For of the consolations which are to be derived from these (under any circumstances) the world cannot deprive me.

My interest is to work in as uncompromised a way as possible.

Falsehood is cowardice, the truth courage.

My body gets weak without truth.

I shall stick to my resolution of writing always what I think no matter whom it offends.

None meet life honestly and few heroically.

Dare to be true. Nothing can need a lie: a fault which needs it most, grows two thereby.

I don't think lying has any ultimate justification. I don't think it ever leads to anything positive. The good fight to have is not to lie. That's one of the challenges in a way.

He who sees the truth, let him proclaim it, without asking who is for it or who is against it.

Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth.

I have no intention of hiding who I am because I know I have done nothing wrong.

One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.

Insincerity is always weakness; sincerity even in error is strength.

If you speak your mind and if it is true what you're saying, then I think the integrity of what you're saying carries through.

Washington's entire honesty of mind and his fearless look into the face of all facts are qualities which can never go out of fashion and which we should all do well to imitate.

A man who cannot be enticed by money or intimidated by the threat of jail or death has two of the strongest weapons that anyone has to offer.

I think that the truth is a really stern taskmistress.