War both needs and generates certain virtues not the highest, but what may be called the preliminary virtues, as valor, veracity, the spirit of obedience, the habit of discipline. Any of these, and of others like them, when possessed by a nation, and no m
Quotes about veracity (16 Quotes)
The world is upheld by the veracity of good men they make the earth wholesome. They who lived with them found life glad and nutritious. Life is sweet and tolerable only in our belief in such society.
The president has undermined trust. No longer will the members of Congress be entitled to accept his veracity. Caveat emptor has become the word. Every member of Congress is on his or her own to determine the truth.
This was a blanket release of all claims. And I am not in a position to comment on the veracity of the allegations.
Most folks want to believe in Armstrong, in the credibility of his courage, in the veracity of his inspiration, in the purity of his Tour de France titles. Most want to believe, but does everyone dare We've been suckers for hearts-and-flowers icons before.
One of the reasons, surely, why women have been credited with less perfect veracity than men is that the burden of conventional falsehood falls chiefly on them.
There is no alleviation for the sufferings of mankind except veracity of thought and of action, and the resolute facing of the world as it is when the garment of make-believe by which pious hands have hidden its uglier features is stripped off.
Hope is the only universal liar who never loses his reputation for veracity.
As a word of caution, I'm not testifying to the veracity of comments about the activities of people other than John because I have no basis. The book strikes me, from the limited amount he ever told me, as richly authentic.
Nonfiction takes no liberty with the facts. The trouble with book publishers is that they don't have the staff or they don't want to have the staff to ensure the veracity of a writer. ... My wife is going to hate me for this, but that is what I believe.
As we begin national Ethics in Journalism Week, it's regrettable that far too many television stations continue to forget that their primary obligations are to the public and to truth. They aren't doing what they are ethically and professionally obligated to do - check out their sources, confirm the veracity of the report, and disclose where the information came from.
Any fool may write a most valuable book by chance, if he will only tell us what he heard and saw with veracity.
Mere bald fabrication is useless the veriest tyro fisherman can manage that. It is in the circumstantial detail, the embellishing touches of probability, the general air of scrupulous veracity, that the experienced angler is seen.
a serious question as to the credibility of the United States in the world and undercutting of confidence of the American people in the veracity of their government.
The written tone and the spoken tone change and the reporters' disbelief in the veracity of the government spreads to the readers and the viewers.
Veracity is the heart of morality.