Michel de Montaigne Quotes

I will tell the truth wherever I please.

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.

I've never done anything deliberately; I just speak my mind, and that is what I consistently do and will always do in any way shape or form that I can.

Every man who says frankly and fully what he thinks is doing a public service.

In order to be transparent, you really have to be completely honest and open, so that's how I've lived my life, and that's where I am now. I am completely transparent. There's nothing that you can't ask me and nothing I won't talk about.

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.

It feels so good to tell the truth.

I don't regret anything I ever do or say. I don't like to live my life being censored. I like to say what I feel, and I think people respect that because you're honest.

You didn’t elect me to tell you what you wanted to hear. You elected me to tell you the truth.

When in doubt, tell the truth. It will confound your enemies and astound your friends.

I just always want to be as transparent as possible.

I've always spoken my mind and from the heart.

Whatever I say is so honest when I'm doing interviews.

I don't like to act in my personal life. I like to be straightforward.

What I will say will not always please you, but what I say will always be honest and true and how I genuinely see it.

I make one pledge above all others - to seek and speak the truth with all the resources of mind and spirit I command.

I don't want any yes-men around me. I want everybody to tell me the truth even if it costs them their job.

You've got to be who you are. You've got to be honest with people. If your views change on something, you've got to be willing to express it.

I am what I am and I'm a horrible liar. I can't do it. I'm just very candid.

I have been known for some time as a person who speaks the truth and speaks it strongly. I have always called a liar a liar and a hypocrite a hypocrite.

If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say it.

I'm always for the person who speaks their mind.

Let us begin by committing ourselves to the truth to see it like it is, and tell it like it is, to find the truth, to speak the truth, and to live the truth.

I think people are distrustful of politicians and are looking for someone who is telling the truth with no hidden agenda.

I say what I think and I think what I say.