Skip to quotes
Glory Quotes

Until we have a better relationship between private performance and the public truth, as was demonstrated with Watergate, we as the public are absolutely right to remain suspicious, contemptuous even, of the secrecy and the misinformation which is the digest of our news.

John Le CarreWriter · English · b. 1931
More from John Le Carre
Honesty QuotesRelationship Quotes
All Inspirational Motivational Love Life Friendship Funny Happiness Success Wisdom Family Hope All topics

Related quotes

  • Only on paper has humanity yet achieved glory, beauty, truth, knowledge, virtue, and abiding love. — George Bernard Shaw
  • He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage. — Samuel Johnson
  • So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow edge. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
  • If there is one eternal truth of politics, it is that there are always a dozen good reasons for doing nothing. — John Le Carre
  • Writing is like walking in a deserted street. Out of the dust in the street you make a mud pie. — John Le Carre
  • Every writer knows he is spurious; every fiction writer would rather be credible than authentic. — John Le Carre
Photographers Privacy Terms Pixabay (opens in a new tab)
A Gojo Digital website · © 2026