The first casualty of war is truth.

The first casualty when war comes is truth (speech, 1917)

The first casualty when war comes is truth.

Among the calamities of war may be jointly numbered the diminution of the love of truth, by the falsehood which interests dictates and credulity encourages

I do not by any means believe the initiative, the referendum, and the recall are the panacea for all our political ills, yet they do give to the electorate the power of action when desired, and they do place in the hands of the people the means by which they may protect themselves.

When you discuss the truth and you know the truth ... who was responsible, who prolonged the war ... then you can have true reconciliation. The door to bring in a new generation is to find out what happened in Lebanon. Without that, you're just sweeping the dust under the rug. You cannot reconcile when you don't know what happened.