So there is this THING, that America SWEARS by… called an OATH!  Federal employees, Representatives, Senators, judges, political appointees, the President and Vice President of the United States ALL take an —Oath.  Each and every time a citizen takes THE WITNESS STAND as a Truth Teller of events being tried and handled by BOTH Judge and JURY in determining the life or death fate of a person accused of criminal behavior, this —Oath. Constitution itself!  And has evolved to carry with it a stating of the word TRUTH more times than we can even muster:  “Do you solemnly swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth; so help you God?”

“There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn’t true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.”  (Soren Kierkegaard)

“Truth is like a lion; you don’t have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself.”  (Augustine of Hippo)

“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”  (George Orwell)

“Three things cannot long be hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.”  (Confucius)

“Truth will always be truth, regardless of lack of understanding, disbelief or ignorance.”  (W. Clement Stone)

“Devotion to Truth is the sole justification for our existence.”  (Mahatma Gandhi)

“It does not require many words to speak the truth.”  (Chief Joseph) Native American proverb.

“Always go too far, because that’s where you’ll find the truth.”  (Albert Camus)

“The wise try to adjust themselves to the truth, while fools try to adjust the truth to themselves.”  (Thibaut)

“Those who have failed to work toward the truth have missed the purpose of living.”  (Buddha)

“What I seek to accomplish is simply to serve with my feeble capacity truth and justice, at the risk of pleasing no one.”  (Albert Einstein)

“In our struggle for freedom, truth is the only weapon we possess.”  (14th Dalai Lama)

“Seven years of silent inquiry are needful for a man to learn the truth, but fourteen in order to learn how to make it known to his fellow-men.”  (Plato)

“The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.”  (Ida B. Wells-Barnett)

“He who cannot see the truth for himself, nor, hearing it from others, store it away in his mind, that man is utterly worthless.”  (Aristotle)

“The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those that speak it.”  (George Orwell)

“It is a poor mind that would think with the multitude, because it is multitude. Truth is not altered by the opinions of the vulgar, or by confirmations of the many.”  (Giordano Bruno)

“One voice speaking truth is a greater force than fleets and armies.”  (Ursula K. Le Guin)

“Truth is powerful and it prevails.”  (Sojourner Truth)

“Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed. If people all over the world…would do this, it would change the earth.”  (William Faulkner)

“When you show up authentic you create the space for others to do the same. Walk in your truth.”  (Unknown)

“There is a price to pay for speaking the truth. There is a bigger price for living a lie.”  (Cornel West)

“Faith: not wanting to know what the truth is.”  (Friedrich Nietzsche)

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