Quotes about Distrust

To believe all men honest is folly. To believe none is something worse.

Hardly anything else reveals so well the fear and uncertainty among men as the length to which they will go to hide their true selves from each other and even from their own eyes.

An honest man is strange when he is among dishonest men, but it is a good kind of strangeness.

There is no distrust of men and mankind in me. They will answer before God, so why should I worry?

The hallmark of religion is to distrust claims made for mortal men. It is in ages of great religious faith that great skepticism can find expression.

Gentleman, it is a terrifying thing for a woman to trust a sinful man.

Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.

Liberalism is trust of the people, tempered by prudence; conservatism, distrust of people, tempered by fear.

I know there isn't no beast—not with claws and all that, I mean—but I know there isn't no fear, either." Piggy paused. "Unless—" Ralph moved restlessly. "Unless what?" "Unless we get frightened of people.

Suspicion is the companion of mean souls, and the bane of all good society.