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The search for the truth is not for the faint hearted.

So with truth - there is a certain moment when one can say, this is the truth and here I put a dot, a stop, and I go to another thing. A judge has to put an end to a deliberation. But for a historian, there's never an end to the past. It can go on and on and on.

Search for the truth is the noblest occupation of man; its publication is a duty.

Seeking of the truth should be not only part of the Justice Department and part of our judicial system, but also should be... a goal of reporters today.

History is a set of lies agreed upon.

If you think about it, the historian's task is like that of the detective.

It's a journalist's job to be a witness to history. We're not there to worry about ourselves. We're there to try and get as near as we can, in an imperfect world, to the truth and get the truth out.

Truth is simply a compliment paid to sentences seen to be paying their way.

In time of war, truth is always replaced by propaganda.