"The truth cannot be asserted without denouncing the falsehood."

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Source : Sir Leslie Stephen (1873). “Essays on Freethinking and Plainspeaking”, p.361

Leslie Stephen

#Falsehood Quotes

“You know you're old if they have discontinued your blood type.”
“It is impossible to discourage the real writers - they don't give a damn what you say, they're going to write.”
“Bread for myself is a material question. Bread for my neighbor is a spiritual one.”
“You gave too much rein to your imagination. Imagination is a good servant, and a bad master. The simplest explanation is always the most likely.”
“Why aren't Democrats voting against President [Donald] Trump's cabinet nominees en masse? Is it because they're just a bunch soft-headed Beltway lifers who don't understand that the base is pissed and wants them to fight fight fight?”
“I would like to be the air that inhabits you for a moment only. I would like to be that unnoticed and that necessary.”
“Besides my religious commitment, the greatest single factor that has enabled me to pursue my business and political objectives has been the security and freedom of my home.”

Source : "The New Canada". Book by Preston Manning, 1992.
“Government has within it a tendency to abuse its powers.”

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