Peter Maurer Quotes

If truth is the main casualty in war, ambiguity is another.

Truth is not the first casualty of war alone: it is the first casualty of populism.

Well, politics is war, and in war, truth is the first casualty.

If truth is the first victim of war, then read on - I've got some great lies for you this month.

They keep telling us that in war truth is the first casualty, which is nonsense since it implies that in times of peace truth stays out of the sick bay or the graveyard.

It is very dangerous to write the truth in war, and the truth is very dangerous to come by.

Every reason that you have given for going to war has turned out not to be true. Why did you really go to war?

As truth is Washington's worst enemy, everyone associated with the truth is Washington's enemy.

We are living in an age where it's difficult to know what the truth is and we have got politicians in charge who actually appear to not really care what the truth is.

Emmy, the events we lived through taught me to be sure of nothing about other people. They taught me to expect danger around every corner. They taught me to understand that there are people in this world that mean you harm, And sometimes, they're the people who say they love you.

In war, truth is often the first casualty.

And this was your friend?" Cordelia raised her eyebrows. "Seems to me the only difference between your friends and your enemies is how long the stand around chatting before they shoot you.

A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.

It's often been observed that the first casualty of war is the truth. But that's a lie, too, in its way. The reality is that, for most wars to begin, the truth has to have been sacrificed a long time in advance.

The truth is often a terrible weapon of aggression. It is possible to lie, and even to murder, with the truth.

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

As long as the people don't fear the truth, there is hope. For once they fear it, the one who tells it doesn't stand a chance. And today, truth is still beautiful... but so frightening.

I fear the Greeks, even when they bring gifts.

I don't trust or love anyone. Because people are so creepy. Creepy creepy creeps. Creeping around. Creeping here and creeping there. Creeping everywhere.

I was surrounded by nature and trying to come to terms with this blissful nature versus the inhumane mentality of war. People were being deluded by someone using the word peace.

Half a truth is better than no politics.

The first casualty when war comes is truth.

I had earlier concluded that a war with Iraq would be a distraction from the successful and expeditious completion of our aims in Afghanistan. Now I had come to question whether the White House was telling the truth.

When people see political ads, they think someone's lying to them.

Everyone, when there's war in the air, learns to live in a new element: falsehood.