Richard L. Evans Quotes

Liberty is the parent of truth, but truth and decency are sometimes at variance. All men and all propositions are to be treated here as they deserve, and there are many who have no claim either to respect or decency.

Truth has very few friends and those few are suicides.

If I, in my brief connection with public affairs, shall be wicked or foolish, and if you remain true and honest, you cannot be betrayed. My power is temporary; yours as eternal as the principles of liberty.

My cares and my inquiries are for decency and truth, and in this I am wholly occupied.

We enjoy freedom and the rule of law on which it depends, not because we deserve it, but because others before us put their lives on the line to defend it.

Real integrity means an answer. It doesn't just mean - it doesn't mean riding the anger. And this is very difficult to do.

Truth and freedom, having few lovers, are demanding mistresses.

If I could act like This was my real life, And not some cage where I've been placed, Well then, I could tell you The truth like I used to And not be afraid of sounding fake.

Freedom is the right to never have to lie.

I shall pursue a straight forward course deviating neither to the right or left so that comes what may I hope my real friends will never have to blush for me, so far as truth, honesty & fair dealings are concerned.

One of the things I love most about Martin Luther King is that he was willing to sacrifice his popularity in favor of his integrity. He was an honest man, and he would tell the truth.

I know only one method of operation: to be as honest with others as I am with myself.

One word of truth outweighs the whole world.

The view that honesty is something, and even a virtue, belongs, it is true, to those private opinions which are forbidden in this age of public opinions.

The good I stand on is my truth and honesty.

Dignity is often a veil between us and the real truth of things.

I want to be loved despite my faults. It isn't exactly true that I'm a provocateur. A real provocateur is someone who says things he doesn't think, just to shock. I try to say what I think.

In writing, I shall always confine myself strictly to the truth, except when it is attended with inconvenience.

To express yourself as you are, without any intentional, fancy way of adjusting yourself, is the most important thing.

The truth will not necessarily set you free, but truthfulness will.

The beauty of truth: whether it is bad or good, it is liberating.

Conscious awareness is the source of our healing...Only when you say the truth can the truth set you free. This is not a negative process, but at times it is a difficult process.

Bow to nothing, son. I make mistakes as well as any man. If you think me wrong, be so good as to damn well say so.

Let us be real, honest, and sincere in our Christianity. We cannot deceive an all-seeing God.

Very few people really care about freedom, about liberty, about the truth, very few. Very few people have guts, the kind of guts on which a real democracy has to depend. Without people with that sort of guts a free society dies or cannot be born.