2007-04-16 12:15:19 · 9 answers · asked by stuartie74 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
US Senator Hiram Warren Johnson 1918
2007-04-16 12:24:11 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
In 1918 US Senator Hiram Warren Johnson is purported to have said: The first casualty when war comes is truth. However, this was not recorded. In 1928 Arthur Ponsonby's wrote: The 'When war is declared, truth is the first casualty'. (Falsehood in Wartime) Samuel Johnson seems to have had the first word: 'Among the calamities of war may be jointly numbered the diminution of the love of truth, by the falsehoods which interest dictates and credulity encourages.' (from The Idler, 1758)
2007-04-16 13:09:07 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It has been attributed to both Athur Ponsonby in "Falsehood in Wartime" (1928) and US Senator Hiram Johnson in a 1918 speech. However, the true origin may be in the edition of "The Idler" magazine from 11/11/1758 which says "...among the calamities of war may be jointly numbered the diminution of the love of truth, by the falsehoods which interest dictates and credulity encourages."
2007-04-16 23:20:29 · answer #3 · answered by Chariotmender 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
US Senator Hiram Johnson said it in 1918. It is known as either that or "When war is declared, truth is the first casualty".
2007-04-18 04:48:03 · answer #4 · answered by AmyV 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
American Senator H W Johnson during the first world war.
2007-04-17 06:58:02 · answer #5 · answered by rockdodger 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Agreed - it was Senator Johnson, said about WWI.
FYI.
It's a book by Ben Elton, also set in WWI and I've just got through the 1st couple of chapters - spooky!
2007-04-16 12:30:57 · answer #6 · answered by Shiara 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
War is not the truth.
Religoin is usually what causes war and half the time, that is not the truth anyway, just peoples idea of the truth!!!!!
2007-04-16 12:20:24 · answer #7 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it was Winston Churchill
2007-04-16 12:19:02 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO IDEA !
2007-04-16 12:18:49 · answer #9 · answered by cabridog 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋