Josette Sheeran (1954) American diplomat
Addressing the World Food Programme meeting, 21 September 2009 http://www.wfp.org/eds-centre/speeches/wfp-executive-director-josette-sheeran-millennium-promise-event
Original: Sono compatibile esclusivamente con chi racconta la verità.
Source: prevale.net
Josette Sheeran (1954) American diplomat
Addressing the World Food Programme meeting, 21 September 2009 http://www.wfp.org/eds-centre/speeches/wfp-executive-director-josette-sheeran-millennium-promise-event
“They say the only people who tell the truth are drunkards and children. Guess which one I am.”
Stephen Colbert (1964) American political satirist, writer, comedian, television host, and actor
W.E.B. Du Bois (1868–1963) American sociologist, historian, activist and writer
Source: The Wisdom of W.E.B. Du Bois (2003), p. xi
“I am interested in telling my particular truth as I have seen it.”
Gwendolyn Brooks (1917–2000) American writer
Quoted in her obituary in The Guardian (7 December 2000)
“I am speaking to tell the truth, not from hatred or scorn of anyone.”
Francesco Petrarca Il Canzoniere
Io parlo per ver dire,
non per odio d'altrui, né per disprezzo.
Canzone 128, st. 4
Il Canzoniere (c. 1351–1353), To Laura in Life
Doug Hall (1944) American television personality
Denver Post Doug Hall of "Inventor" invents a lot, but not the truth http://www.denverpost.com/entertainment/ci_3645379
Malcolm X book The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Variant: I’ve had enough of someone else’s propaganda… I’m for truth, no matter who tells it. I’m for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I’m a human being first and foremost, and as such I’m for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.
Source: The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Source: The Autobiography of Malcolm X (1965), p. 400
Context: I've had enough of someone else's propaganda. I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it's for or against. I'm a human being first and foremost, and as such I am for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.