A Quote by John Kenneth Galbraith
Truth has anciently been called the first casualty of war. Money may, in fact, have priority.
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Truth, it has been said, is the first casualty of war.
It's often been observed that the first casualty of war is the truth. But that's a lie, too, in its way. The reality is that, for most wars to begin, the truth has to have been sacrificed a long time in advance.
It is well known that in war, the first casualty is truth - that during any war truth is forsaken for propaganda.
They say that truth is the first casualty of war. But there is another casualty as well: trust. As conflict escalates, trust between people and political leaders crumbles away as surely as night follows day.
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In war the first casualty is the truth.
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