I'm not a lawyer, but I don't think that the law requiring you to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth means you can tell the truth that's convenient or the truth only about certain things.
The command, "Thou shalt not place a stumbling block in front of the blind man" also means that you should not act deceitfully or obscure the truth from those whose choice depends upon the information you give them.
Or is the truth secretly (and more darkly) that we just don't like to share?
Either or both could be true or false without affecting the truth or falsity of the other.
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If we withhold or obscure the truth, we get self-protective falsehoods in return.
In Southwold, Suffolk, few can resist the Whack a Banker machine or the Booth of Truth at the Under The Pier Show, a hair-brained arcade of home-made contraptions, mad cap games and exhibits that is the brainchild of local scientist and inventor Tim Hunkin.
When you get back to the kids you have the option to lie to them or tell them the truth about why she went in there.
Love or hate deficits, the simple truth is that right or wrong, investors around the world line up to buy the debt that the U.S. Treasury issues.
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Romney's detachment from, or denial of, the truth is not just a political tactic or say-anything-to-please character flaw.
Or the short-term, the individual, the embarrassment, or the case at hand loom much larger than the long-term, the needs of society, the importance of telling the truth, or adhering to the law.
Like it or not, the truth is that we cannot rid the world of nuclear arms.
Something about this kind of interaction makes people think that their personal preferences or notions about X, Y, or Z are the truth and that anyone who says differently is the enemy.
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In short, I want to do something about the environment, because when I see the documentary of the "Planet Earth" by BBC, or the "Inconvenient Truth" by your former vice-president Al Gore, I was so touched.
The fact is that in Germany, there is universal agreement that the truth, or honne, about the Holocaust is that it was an evil blot in German history never to be forgotten.
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Whatever the practical challenges of trying to renegotiate Nafta, or, indeed, the truth of its negative impact on the US economy, criticism of free trade seems to strike a particular chord in blue collar, Rust Belt states, such as Pennsylvania and Ohio, which have been shedding manufacturing jobs over the past few years.
She said that to be redeemed, Mr. Armstrong needed to tell the whole truth to Usada or the World Anti-Doping Agency and talk about others who aided and abetted him in doping.
Fred Butts said he does not believe that the sheriff or the district attorney want to know the truth.
Depending upon whom you ask, Revkin is either the keeper of the truth on climate change or the scribe of the global warming inquisition.
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Ulster Unionist John McCallister said there was some need to restrict the time limit of the inquiry but highlighted that he did not want this to limit or "hinder the search for truth".
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We asked another group to exchange an e-mail with a stranger who faced the same decision with a different counterpart, and who indicated that he or she would probably tell the truth, because it was the right thing to do.
"I really didn't want to know the truth or anything about my real family, " she recalls.
But how do you know when someone is telling the truth or is lying?
You can't erase your past or run from your record or evade accountability to the truth.
You must decide whether he is telling the truth or withholding information.
Public pensions, on the other hand, often make sweeping statements to defend their investment programs, which are misleading or less than the whole truth.
He challenged our reason for being, what we thought, how we lived, the truth or falsity of what we believed to be true or false.
Pundits often point to strategic decisions as drivers for startup success or failure, but the truth is that sheer work ethic is probably the more common determinant.
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If you decided to stay home from work today because your psychic told you to, would you tell your boss the truth or make up an excuse?
When it comes to brokerage, it is no simple task to establish whether your manager is telling you the truth or has his own best interests in mind.
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Possible alternatives to the current wording include, "do my duty to God", "be true to a higher ideal" or "serve the highest truth and love faithfully at all times".
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