Candid

Famous quotes containing the word candid:

    The history of his present majesty, is a history of unremitting injuries and usurpations ... all of which have in direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over these states. To prove this, let facts be submitted to a candid world, for the truth of which we pledge a faith yet unsullied by falsehood.
    Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)

    I have always felt that a woman has the right to treat the subject of her age with ambiguity until, perhaps, she passes into the realm of over ninety. Then it is better she be candid with herself and with the world.
    Helena Rubinstein (1870–1965)

    Give me th’ avowed, th’ erect, the manly foe,
    Bold I can meet—perhaps may turn his blow;
    But of all plagues, good Heav’n, thy wrath can send,
    Save, save, oh! save me from the Candid Friend.
    George Canning (1770–1827)