I. F. Stone, fully Isidor Feinstein Stone, born Isidor Feinstein

Every emancipation has in it the seeds of a new slavery, and every truth easily becomes a lie.

All governments are run by liars and nothing they say should be believed.

Funerals are always occasions for pious lying. A deep vein of superstition and a sudden touch of kindness always lead people to give the departed credit for more virtues than he possessed.

There is no excuse for poverty in a society which can spend $80 billion a year on its war machine.