What did I. F. Stone mean by: Every emancipation has in it the seeds of a new slavery, and every truth easily becomes a lie. I. F. Stone Journalist · USA Copy
All governments are run by liars and nothing they say should be believed. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, I. F. Stone, Authority, Deception, Distrust, 0 I. F. Stone Journalist · USA
+ When war comes, reason is regarded as treason. Author, June 7, 2023January 2, 2025, I. F. Stone, Betrayal, Conflict, Rationality, 0 I. F. Stone Journalist · USA
+ History is a tragedy, not a morality tale. Author, August 3, 2023January 2, 2025, I. F. Stone, History, Morality, Tragedy, 0 I. F. Stone Journalist · USA
If you want to know about governments, all you need to know is two words: Governments lie. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, I. F. Stone, Deception, Distrust, Power, 0 I. F. Stone Journalist · USA
+ A certain moral imbecility marks all ethnocentric movements. Author, June 11, 2023January 2, 2025, I. F. Stone, Ignorance, Intolerance, Prejudice, 0 I. F. Stone Journalist · USA
Art is not a reflection of reality, it is the reality of a reflection. Read explanation Jean-Luc Godard Filmmaker · France
If art, all art, is concerned with truth, then a society in denial will not find much use for it. Jeanette Winterson Author · England
There are truths which one can only say after having won the right to say them. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
What is history after all? History is facts which become lies in the end. Jean Cocteau Artist · France