#unpleasant truths

Short, successful military adventures are as effective as the Super Bowl in diverting people's attention from unpleasant truths. ↗

— John Stockwell

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The best servants of the people, like the best valets, must whisper unpleasant truths in the master's ear. It is the court fool, not the foolish courtier, whom the king can least afford to lose. ↗

— Walter Lippmann

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If it takes talking about unpleasant truths to change Washington, then so be it. ↗

— Scott McClellan

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Euphemisms are unpleasant truths wearing diplomatic cologne. ↗

— Quentin Crisp

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