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“It is better to ultimately succeed with the truth than to temporarily succeed with a lie.”

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Adrian Rogers was a prominent pastor and theologian, known for his influential ministry and teachings. He was the founding pastor of the Bellevue Baptist Church in Memphis, Tennessee, serving for over 35 years. Rogers was a strong advocate for the Bible and its teachings, and his sermons were widely broadcast and distributed. He passed away on November 15, 2005. more

“The process [of mass-media deception] has to be conscious, or it would not be carried out with sufficient precision, but it also has to be unconscious, or it would bring with it a feeling of falsity and hence of guilt.... To tell deliberate lies while genuinely believing in them, to forget any fact that has become inconvenient, and then, when it becomes necessary again, to draw it back from oblivion for just so long as it is needed, to deny the existence of objective reality and all the while to take account of the reality which one denies all this is indispensably necessary.”

“Men hate those to whom they have to lie.”

Men Truth Lying Hate Psychopath

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Victor Hugo (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Victor Hugo (Illustrated)

“There can be no public or private virtue unless the foundation of action is the practice of truth.”

War Truth Action Practice Virtue Society Foundation Anti War Antiwar

Book:The History of the Last Trial by Jury for Atheism in England: A Fragment of Autobiography, Submitted for the Perusal of Her Majesty's Attorney General and the British Clergy

Source: The History of the Last Trial by Jury for Atheism in England: A Fragment of Autobiography, Submitted for the Perusal of Her Majesty's Attorney General and the British Clergy

“Without seeking, truth cannot be known at all. It can neither be declared from pulpits, nor set down in articles, nor in any wise prepared and sold in packages ready for use. Truth must be ground for every man by itself out of it such, with such help as he can get, indeed, but not without stern labor of his own.”

Men Life Inspirational Helping Use Wisdom Truth Known Wise Ready Labor Prepared Seeking Every Man Articles Packages Pulpit Seeking Truth

Author:John Ruskin

“Beware of being too rational. In the country of the insane, the integrated man doesn't become king. He gets lynched.”

Men Country Truth Kings Rational Insane Integrated

Book:Island

Source: Island

“Do not worry over the charge of treason to your masters, but be concerned about the treason that involves yourselves. Be true to yourself and you cannot be a traitor to any good cause on earth.”

Truth Earth Causes Worry Masters Concerned Being True Anti War Be True To Yourself True To Yourself Traitor Treason Good Causes

Author:Eugene V. Debs

“The statesmen will invent cheap lies, putting the blame upon the nation that is attacked, and every man will be glad of those conscience-soothing falsities, and will diligently study them, and refuse to examine any refutations of them; and thus he will by and by convince himself that the war is just, and will thank God for the better sleep he enjoys after this process of grotesque self-deception.”

Source: The Complete Works of Mark Twain (Illustrated Edition): Novels, Short Stories, Memoir, Travel Books, Letters, Biography, Articles & Speeches: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn, Life on the Mississippi, Yankee in King Arthur's Court…

“The masses have never thirsted after truth. Whoever can supply them with illusions is easily their master; whoever attempts to destroy their illusions is always their victim.”

Truth Masters Mass Illusion Victim

Book:The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind

Source: The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind

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