A Quote by Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden
Truth, it has been said, is the first casualty of war.
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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.
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Truth has anciently been called the first casualty of war. Money may, in fact, have priority.
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.
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.
Well, politics is war, and in war, truth is the first casualty.
In war, truth is the first casualty.
In war the first casualty is the truth.
The first casualty when war comes is truth.
The first casualty in every war is truth.
In time of war the first casualty is truth.
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When war is declared, truth is the first casualty
Truth is always the first casualty of war.
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.
They keep telling us that in war truth is the first casualty, which is nonsense since it implies that in times of peace truth stays out of the sick bay or the graveyard.
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