Propaganda, to be effective, must be believed. To be believed, it must be credible. To be credible, it must be true. – Hubert H. Humphrey
We direct the destinies of a mighty continent. Our resources are unlimited: our means unbounded. If we be true to ourselves, the glory of other nations, in comparison to ours, shall resemble but a tale from the days of chivalry. – John Tyler
It’s going to be true that anything that reduces the federal deficit will have somebody unhappy. – Jacob Lew
Anyone with sincere religious beliefs cannot say that all religions are true. That is so illogical it is pathetic. All religion cannot be true because some of them are so diametrically opposed to each other. – Josh McDowell
‘Tis not enough your counsel still be true; Blunt truths more mischief than nice falsehoods do. – Alexander Pope
To have a songwriter that wrote so specifically what I felt to be true… I’ve never been much of an actor either. If something is real for me, then I can do it. – Barry McGuire
I take no pleasure in the fact that the scientific predictions I’ve relayed to popular audiences turn out to be true. – Al Gore
If you have an anecdote from one source, you file it away. If you hear it again, it may be true. Then the more times you hear it the less likely it is to be true. – Anthony Holden
The hardest thing to do is to be true to yourself, especially when everybody is watching. – Dave Chappelle
The impulse of the journalist is to be novel, yet to relate his curiosities to the urgencies of the moment; the philosopher seeks what he conceives to be true, regardless of the moment. – Daniel Bell
Occasionally, Donald Trump says something that is politically incorrect but which also happens to be true. – Peter L. Bergen
Dare to be true. Nothing can need a lie: a fault which needs it most, grows two thereby. – George Herbert
Some of the craziest aspects about ‘Weeper’ were the things I found out to be true. I mean, true of people. – Marlon James
I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence. – Frederick Douglass
There’s always been that theory that if a candidate can’t run a decent campaign, he probably can’t run a decent presidency. That might be true, although sadly I must admit that running a brilliant campaign does not translate into running a brilliant White House. – Gail Collins
Baloney is flattery laid on so thick it cannot be true, and blarney is flattery so thin we love it. – Fulton J. Sheen
It has generally been assumed that of two opposing systems of philosophy, e.g., realism and idealism, one only can be true and one must be false; and so philosophers have been hopelessly divided on the question, which is the true one. – Morris Raphael Cohen
When you go into projects, you can’t look at it as limited; you have to dive into it wholeheartedly to be true to the writer’s vision. – Jolene Purdy
