“When all else fails, tell the truth.'' — Donald T. Regan, 20th-century American business executive, Treasury Secretary, chief of staff for President Ronald Reagan

 “A lie has speed, but truth has endurance.” — Edgar J. Mohn

 “If you add to the truth, you subtract from it.” — The Talmud

 “What you don't see with your eyes, don't witness with your mouth.” — Jewish proverb

 “Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain't goin' away.”  — Elvis Presley

 “The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie — deliberate, contrived, and dishonest — but the myth — persistent, persuasive and realistic.” — John F. Kennedy, 20th-century American president (from the Yale Commencement address, 1962)

 “A belief is not true because it is useful.” — Henri Amiel

 “The house of delusions is cheap to build but drafty to live in.” — A.E. Housman

 “When somebody lies, somebody loses.” — Stephanie Ericsson

 "Flattery makes friends, truth enemies." — Spanish proverb

 "Lying can never save us from another lie." — Vaclav Havel, 20th-century Czech poet and political activist, first president of post-Communist Republic

 "We have to live today by what truth we can get today and be ready to call it falsehood tomorrow." — William James, 19th-century American philosopher and author