Proposed origins of the phrase: "Truth is the first casualty of war."
The same observation has been made by various people for centuries.
"Among the calamities of war may be jointly numbered the diminution of the love of truth." - The Idler magazine, 1758
"The first casualty when war comes is truth." - Sen. Hiram W. Johnson, 1918
"When war is declared, truth is the first casualty." - Arthur Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede, 1928
The same observation has been made by various people for centuries.
"Among the calamities of war may be jointly numbered the diminution of the love of truth." - The Idler magazine, 1758
"The first casualty when war comes is truth." - Sen. Hiram W. Johnson, 1918
"When war is declared, truth is the first casualty." - Arthur Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede, 1928