Jean-Paul Sartre Quotes

Truth is a habit of integrity, not a strategy of politics.

In politics, there is a distinction, unknown to science, between Truth and Justice.

It is sometimes necessary to lie damnably in the interest of the country.

We shall not hold the dangerous axiom that 'truth is the best policy,' because policy is but a means to an end; and truth is an end, not a means.

Truthfulness has never been counted among the political virtues, and lies have always been regarded as justifiable tools in political dealings.

Conscience is better served by a myth.

The whole truth is generally the ally of virtue; a half-truth is always the ally of some vice.

Morality has nothing in common with politics.

It is my belief... that the truth is generally preferable to lies.

I'm not a stickler for truth. To me, lying in poetry is much more fun. I'm against lying in life, in principle, in any other activity except poetry.

Liberty is the right not to lie.

Truth does not pay homage to any society, ancient or modern. Society has to pay homage to Truth or die.

But a lie is a lie, and in itself intrinsically evil, whether it be told with good or bad intents.

The same principle that forbids me to lie does not allow me to tell the truth.

Liberty cannot be established without morality, nor morality without faith.

I think you can never ever lie, ever. If you don't know, say, 'I don't know'.

For every good reason there is to lie, there is a better reason to tell the truth.

Democracy without morality is impossible.

When a man lies, he murders some part of the world.

I was really too honest a man to be a politician and live.

Lying is the greatest of all sins.

It is a poor cause which has to be lied for regularly.

Truth made you a traitor as it often does in a time of scoundrels.

I believe that it is an unchanging value of democracy that ends cannot justify the means in politics.

Don't lie if you don't have to.