James Mansfield Quotes

America needs some honest men who dare to say what they think, not what they think people want them to think.

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.

We have to say what we believe... whether it's popular or not.

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

I can't write what I don't believe in.

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.

Honestly is always an option, even when you don't think it is.

It is better to be thought perverse than insincere.

When something really comes from the soul, I think it has a truth that you cannot find in politics.

All I can say is what I believe.

I'm going to be as sincere as I can in delivering the message I think is right. If people agree, great, and if they don't, I did my best.

The clearest actions come from truth, not obligation.

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

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.

I will never say something I don't agree with or believe in... even if the reward is massive!

Standing up for what you believe in and being honest, telling the truth are all very liberating things.

Life tests our willingness, in ways large and small, to tell the truth.

I never regret or sit back and think that I shouldn't have said something. There are a lot of people who tell me that you shouldn't say this or that or should keep quiet, and I really think that I can either be true to my conscience or can live a fake life by staying quiet.

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.

A person is strong only when he stands upon his own truth, when he speaks and acts with his deepest convictions. Then, whatever the situation he may be in, he always knows what he must say and do. He may fall, but he cannot bring shame upon himself or his cause. If we seek the liberation of the people by means of a lie, we will surely grow confused, go astray, and loose sight of our objective, and if we have any influence at all on the people we will lead them astray as well - in other words, we will be acting in the spirit of reaction and to its benefit.

I'll tell you something that's completely true - you can, as a man, obtain everything you want with the truth. If you lie, first of all you've got to be a very good lying actor, which is tres difficile. And it's going to give you poison inside the body.

My body gets weak without truth.

Well, the truth is always what should be told. And the truth and the knowledge of the truth is what everybody should represent, regardless of the consequences of doing it.

I'm simply trying to tell the truth about human behaviour as I see it.

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.