A Quote by Peter Maurer

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.

Peter Maurer

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Peter Maurer
Swiss - Activist
Born: 1956

For the sake of the troops, for the love of the troops, we must not add yet another casualty to this war. We must not let truth be a casualty of this war.

Barbara Boxer

It is well known that in war, the first casualty is truth - that during any war truth is forsaken for propaganda.

Harry Browne

Well, politics is war, and in war, truth is the first casualty.

Jeff Greenfield

If truth is the main casualty in war, ambiguity is another.

Paul Fussell

In war the first casualty is the truth.

Aeschylus

In war, truth is the first casualty.

Aeschylus

The first casualty when war comes is truth.

Hiram Johnson

In war, truth is often the first casualty.

Winston Churchill

Truth is always the first casualty of war.

Aeschylus

When war is declared, truth is the first casualty

Arthur Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede

The first casualty in every war is truth.

Muriel Lester

In time of war the first casualty is truth.

Boake Carter

Truth, it has been said, is the first casualty of war.

Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden

If we let people see that kind of thing, there would never again be any war. Pentagon official, on why US military censored graphic footage from the Gulf War In time of war the first casualty is truth.

Boake Carter

It is often observed that the first casualty of war is truth, but how do you tell the truth without betraying the sacrifice of those who accepted the terms of battle? War is a sacrificial system that creates its own justification.