Louis Theroux Quotes

We need men with moral courage to speak and write their real thoughts, and to stand by their convictions, even to the very death.

I'd never say something that I didn't feel I could defend.

There's only one thing worse than a man who doesn't have strong likes and dislikes, and that's a man who has strong likes and dislikes without the courage to voice them.

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.

If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything.

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

A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.

I say what I think, and I stand behind what I say.

Political courage is not political suicide.

The way to put oneself in a position to take the harder, more honorable political path is to argue for one's virtues in a vigorous way.

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.

Truth of a modest sort I can promise you, and also sincerity. That complete, praiseworthy sincerity which, while it delivers one into the hands of one's enemies, is as likely as not to embroil one with one's friends.

It is astonishing what force, purity, and wisdom it requires for a human being to keep clear of falsehoods.

Amongst all the accusations that have ever been made against me, no man ever before imputed to me a lack of candor or charged me with duplicity, and no man ever shall and escape my denunciation. When a man so accuses me, it matters not where I am or who he is, I will write "liar" across his forehead, so that in future years all men may know him and all honest men may shun him.

If it is decreed that I should go down because of this speech, then let me go down linked to the truth—let me die in the advocacy of what is just and right.

Nothing is more perilous than truth in a world that lies.

Moral cowardice that keeps us from speaking our minds is as dangerous to this country as irresponsible talk. The right way is not always the popular and easy way. Standing for right when it is unpopular is a true test of moral character.

Today we need a special kind of courage. Not the kind needed in battle, but a kind which makes us stand up for everything that we know is right, everything that is true and honest. We need the kind of courage that can withstand the subtle corruption of the cynics, so that we can show the world that we are not afraid of the future.

I always stand up for what I believe and what I want to.

Truth is handsomer than the affectation of love. Your goodness must have some edge to it, else it is none.

You defend the truth no matter what.

If I see something right, I say so.

Being a Deol for me is to be honest; walking with my head held high and never having to bow in front of injustice.

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