Seymour Hersh Quotes

The only thing I can do is tell the truth as I see it and let the chips fall where they may.

He that would speak the truth must have one foot in the stirrup.

When it was not very comfortable, politically, for me, I said things which lots of people didn't like, some of them may have liked. I said my beliefs, my truth, and my convictions, and that's how I am going to continue to do in the future.

We must know what we think and speak out, even at the risk of unpopularity.

I think I'd rather tell the truth and say what I believe in and make people unhappy than sort of pretend to think something else to accommodate them and try to be liked. That's just the way it goes and I don't think I'm any great champion of anything, but if they're going to put me on a show, I'm going to say what I think.

To tell the truth is revolutionary.

People say sometimes, gosh, that was brave of you to write such-and-such last week. 'Brave?' What do they mean 'brave?' It's right! How could you not write it?

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

Truth is the most bitter to accept, swallow and digest it. The moment you speak truth, you lose your popularity. But I don't care.

I'm in a position of feeling secure enough so that I can say what I think is right and if so many people think it's wrong that I get fired, well, I've got enough to eat.

If I think something is wrong, I'm going to say it.

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

Behind the scenes, I'm not a politicker. I have a very hard time telling somebody they're right when I feel they're wrong, and I have a very hard time telling somebody they're good when I feel they're not. That's just me.

I decided to tell the truth even if it meant being pointed at.

He who knows the truth and does not speak it is a miserable coward.

There are only two ways of telling the complete truth - anonymously and posthumously.

It is better to be true to what you believe, though that be wrong, than to be false to what you believe, even if that belief is correct.

When you get people standing up saying, 'I'm going to just tell the truth; what do we have to fear?,' it encourages others, and it creates a counterresponse.

I'm someone who believes the truth needs to be heard. And if I'm empowered with the truth, I'm not going to shut up.

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

I told the truth, and I did it on national TV in a lie-detector test.

Normally I tell the truth whether it's nice or not.

There is a value in taking a stand whether or not anybody may be noticing it and whether or not it is a risky thing to do.

Someone needs to tell the truth, but it shouldn't be my job.

Let us not be ashamed to speak what we shame not to think.