Harry Frankfurt Quotes
It is impossible for someone to lie unless he thinks he knows the truth. Producing bullshit requires no such conviction.
Frankfurt, Harry G. On Bullshit. Princeton University Press, 2005, p. 55.
This is one of the proverbs of King Solomon of the Jews, son of King David. This quotation urges a leader to avoid advisors and appointees who do not tell the truth.
Many politicians attempt to use the media to twist events so that they favor their program or party and attack any journalist who questions their version of reality or the truth. Although most journalists will let interviewees have their say without any comment, there are a few who take Koppel’s point of view.
Harry Gordon Frankfurt is an American philosopher. He is professor emeritus of philosophy at Princeton University, where he taught from 1990 until 2002. Frankfurt has also taught at Yale University, Rockefeller University, and Ohio State University.
