Marcia Clark Quotes

When you are responsible for telling the truth, you must take the time to find out what the truth is…. To find out the truth takes weeks. It takes only 5 minutes for a wrong message to travel around the entire globe.

It is more from carelessness about truth than from intentionally lying that there is so much falsehood in the world.

Just because a document is classified does not mean that it is truthful.

… he who makes an assertion without knowing whether it is true or false, is guilty of falsehood; and the accidental truth of the assertion, does not justify or excuse him.

Islam is the best, but we Muslims are not the best. The West is neither corrupted nor degenerate. It is strong, well-educated, and organized. Their schools are better than ours. Their cities are cleaner than ours. The level of respect for human rights in the West is higher, and the care for the poor and less capable is better organized. Westerners are usually responsible and accurate in their words. Instead of hating the West, let us proclaim cooperation instead of confrontation.

People are not likely to lie on the Internet about the atomic number of Rubidium, but they will lie about history.

Donald Trump refuses to be politically correct. And just to be safe, he refuses to be correct.

Old-time lobbying doesn’t work like it used to, You have to lobby the public.

We are a democracy, and there is only one way to get a democracy on its feet in the matter of its individual, its social, its municipal, its State, its national conduct, and that is by keeping the public informed about what is going on.

Before speaking without knowledge, saying lies, you have to present evidence.

Commercial television has underestimated the intelligence of the public.

My responsibility isn't to paint a flattering portrait; my responsibility is to paint a real portrait, a true portrait.

Every fact in my films is true. And yet how often do I have to read over and over again about supposed falsehoods?

Whenever I write something, I always want to make sure that what I write is defensible.

I feel a responsibility for telling the truth.

When people talk about fake news, you know, a lot of folks just roll their eyes, like 'Oh, you know, whatever; people will figure it out.' The truth is, they don't always figure it out.

It gets embarrassing to say something untrue because you put it online and everyone knows about it, so it's better to tell the truth.

Americans are good people, and at times we can be wise. But we're often under-informed by media, misinformed by our government and ill-served by both.

I think we have a high responsibility to base any criticisms that we have on a fair and honest statement of the facts, and that nominees should not be subjected to distortions of their record, taking things they've done out of context.

We have learned Trump's disregard for the truth, and the rule of law is real.

When you are working on a real story it is your responsibility to get everything right and stay as true and authentic as possible.

It is my idea that the public needs to be better educated about the nature of scientific inquiry and how the scientific process works. I firmly believe that this is the only effective way forward to combat the widespread distrust in facts and science.

The public are not fools.

Anything in which you're playing someone real does make you feel responsible for making the story as true as it can be.

A lawyer should have her facts straight.