28+ I. F. Stone Quotes On Friendship, Stone And Investigative

I. F. Stone was an American investigative journalist and writer. He is best known for his self-published newsletter I. F. Stone's Weekly, which he wrote and published from 1953 to 1971. He was known for his left-wing views and his criticism of the United States government and its foreign policy. Following is our collection on famous quotes by I. F. Stone on love, friendship, life.

Top 10 I. F. Stone Quotes

1. All governments are run by liars and nothing they say should be believed.
2. The difference between burlesque and the newspapers is that the former never pretended to be performing a public service by exposure.
3. All governments lie, but disaster lies in wait for countries whose officials smoke the same hashish they give out.
4. If you want to know about governments, all you need to know is two words: Governments lie.
5. The only social justice movements worth fighting for are the struggles for justice where you lose, you lose, you lose- until you win.
6. Rich people march on Washington every day.
7. You've really got to wear a chastity belt in Washington to preserve your journalistic virginity. Once the secretary of state invites you to lunch and asks your opinion, you're sunk.
8. Every time we are confronted with a new revolution we take to the opium pipes of our own propaganda.
9. When war comes, reason is regarded as treason.
10. If you live long enough, you get accused of things you never did and praised for virtues you never had.

I. F. Stone Short Quotes

• History is a tragedy, not a morality tale.
• Every emancipation has in it the seeds of a new slavery, and every truth easily becomes a lie.
• A certain moral imbecility marks all ethnocentric movements.
• The only thing God didn't do to Job was give him a computer.
• Every government is run by liars and nothing they say should be believed.

I. F. Stone Famous Quotes And Sayings

There must be renewed recognition that societies are kept stable and healthy by reform, not by thought police; this means there must be free play for so-called subversive ideas - every idea subverts the old to make way for the new. To shut off subversion is to shut off peaceful progress and to invite revolution and war. — I. F. Stone

If God, as some now say, is dead, He no doubt died of trying to find an equitable solution to the Arab-Jewish problem. — I. F. Stone

The arms race is based on an optimistic view of technology and a pessimistic view of man. It assumes there is no limit to the ingenuity of science and no limit to the deviltry of human beings. — I. F. Stone

You have to take the long view. First, when Moses came down from Mt. Sinai, man has already progressed to the point where a commandment against cannibalism was no longer necessary. And, second, it's like pissing on a boulder. For the first few thousand years, you don't see any effect. But after that, you start to see a definite impact. — I. F. Stone

I thought I might teach philosophy but the atmosphere of a college faculty repelled me; the few islands of greatness seemed to be washed by seas of pettiness and mediocrity. — I. F. Stone

When you're young, you get blamed for crimes that you didn't commit. When you are old, you get credit for virtues that you never had. I guess it all evens out in the end. — I. F. Stone

The only kinds of fights worth fighting are those you’re going to lose, because somebody has to fight them and lose and lose and lose until someday, somebody who believes as you do wins. — I. F. Stone

The fault I find with most American newspapers is not the absence of dissent. it is the absence of news. With a dozen or so honorable exceptions, most American newspapers carry very little news. Their main concern is advertising. — I. F. Stone

The biggest difference between ancient Rome and the USA is that in Rome the common man was treated like a dog. In America he sets the tone. This is the first country where the common man could stand erect. — I. F. Stone

When you are younger you get blamed for crimes you never committed and when you're older you begin to get credit for virtues you never possessed. It evens itself out. — I. F. Stone

If you expect to see the final results of your work, you simply have not asked a big enough question. — I. F. Stone

I sought in political reporting what Galsworthy in another context had called "the significant trifle" - the bit of dialogue, the overlooked fact, the buried observation which illuminated the realities of the situation. — I. F. Stone

Every man is his own Pygmalion, and spends his life fashioning himself. And in fashioning himself, for good or ill, he fashions the human race and its future. — I. F. Stone

Life Lessons by I. F. Stone

I. F. Stone's work is a reminder to be skeptical of the mainstream narrative and to always question the official story. He demonstrated the importance of independent investigation and research in order to uncover the truth and hold those in power accountable. His legacy is a reminder of the power of journalism to challenge the status quo and to speak truth to power.