„Truth does not pay homage to any society, ancient or modern. Society has to pay homage to Truth or die.“

— Swami Vivekananda

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„If a marker were to be erected today, it might read, in homage to his scientific courage: “He preferred the hard truth to his dearest illusions.”“
— Carl Sagan
„Nothing, in fact, is as universal or as ancient as the iniquitous and absurd; truth and justice, on the contrary, are the least universal, the youngest features in the development of human society.“
— Mikhail Bakunin
„It is an understatement to say that in this society injustices abound: in truth, it is itself the quintessence of injustice.“
— Emil M. Cioran
„The further a society drifts from truth, the more it will hate those who speak it.“
— George Orwell
„The worker must work for the glory of his handiwork, not simply for pay; the thinker must think for truth, not for fame.“
— W.E.B. Du Bois