Cardinal Richelieu Quotes

When I make a mistake everyone can see it, but not when I lie.

I am innocent of the blood of this just person; see ye to it.

When one person makes an accusation, check to be sure he himself is not the guilty one. Sometimes it is those whose case is weak who make the most clamour.

We will that all men know we blame not all the lords, nor all those that are about the king's person, nor all gentlemen nor yeomen, nor all men of law, nor all bishops, nor all priests, but all such as may be found guilty by just and true inquiry and by the law.

I have known a vast quantity of nonsense talked about bad men not looking you in the face. Don't trust that conventional idea. Dishonesty will stare honesty out of countenance any day in the week, if there is anything to be got by it.

He who flees proves himself guilty.

Those who are incapable of committing great crimes do not readily suspect them in others.

They will accuse me of stealing from my father. They already stand in baited judgement, waiting for my first move, waiting to dump their loads of garbage on me.

A scapegoat remains effective as long as we believe in its guilt.

Innocence has a single voice that can only say over and over again, "I didn't do it." Guilt has a thousand voices, all of them lies.

Know that Truth sees through bullshit. So if you can't handle looking at Truth, you must be a Devil's culprit.

Whoever is the first to cry "Stop the thief" is the one who is guilty.

I did not have anything to do with these murders. Ever.

I was a little ham and was a very open kid, probably because I was around adults all the time. That also forced me to grow up fast, and I learned at an early age about how people lie and deceive each other.

Weaklings must lie.

I don't like people lying to me. I don't like people who don't return my calls. I don't like people who won't give me a straight answer. I don't like those kinds of people, and I've been vocal about it.

An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie, for an excuse is a lie guarded.

When you fail to tell the truth, you are kept bound to the past in ways that devastate your soul.

I always sensed instinctively from the earliest age that I was being lied to.

In this rat-race everybody's guilty till proved innocent!

The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.

Blame is for God and small children.

Something unpleasant is coming when men are anxious to tell the truth.

I am here to accept responsibility for that which I did. I will not accept responsibility for that which I did not do.