Truth in Virtue

​"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security."


Truth is the oldest of all the virtues; it antedated man, it lived before there was man to perceive it or to accept it. Truthfulness is the greatest and most important of all human virtues. Truthfulness means to speak the truth habitually. A truthful man will never tell a lie. He always says what he means. I have experienced that in speech, the man who makes Truth his watchword is careful in his words, he seeks to be accurate, neither understating nor over-colouring. Telling yourself the truth can be the best habit you can develop, and asking questions and talking things through with yourself can be the easiest and quickest way to establish this habit. No one likes to tell lie but we feel being dishonest with others and ourselves is sometimes easier than telling the truth. In life, learning to be honest and eliminating the need for lies can help to clean up your conscience and your relationships. Sometimes we feel that our confidence lives with us and it is permanent part of who we are but with enough lies we keep the greatest force of confidence silent. Truthfulness has proven to be a more successful life strategy than lying. A truthful man has strength of mind. He is not afraid of any body. He is never ready to suffer by speaking the truth. Truth has a great power and it is the rock foundation of every great character. Ancient Indians were noted for their truthfulness. We know the examples of Judhisthira and Harishchandra. Harishchandra sacrificed everything for the sake of truth. As truthfulness is a great virtue, truthfulness is a great voice.

What is the virtue of truth? The virtue of Truth, Truthfulness, Veracity, is the practice, the habit of making a right use of speech, by employing language to express the convictions, the beliefs of the mind. What traits and values can help in determining truth? Answer: A keen sense of understanding, a capacity to grasp things correctly, observant, making a research before believing something or someone, always double checking, and thinking about the topic first before you do something irreparable.

What Jesus said about the truth? Christ Jesus said, "Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free" (John 8:32). What is truth-the importance of Truth in life? What is Truth – The Importance of Truth in Life. Truth is a term with layers of applicable meaning to reference an understanding of reality. There is the universal truth, and a particular truth to describe a subset of the universal.

Mankind are not held together by lies. Trust is the foundation of society. Where there is no truth, there can be no trust, and where there is no trust, there can be no society. Where there is society, there is trust, and where there is trust, there is something upon which it is supported. – the abolitionist and orator Frederick Douglass.

​During the recent hearings for Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court, I was struck by how many times I heard people admiringly proclaim, “She spoke her truth.” Referring to the accusers, New Jersey Senator Cory Booker repeatedly insisted that “her truth needs to be heard.” Not the truth but her truth. And if never the twain shall meet, we should give priority to whichever truth is amplified by the adjective “her.” "Truth Is Relative" This is the rather cynical notion that there really isn’t such a thing as truth for everybody. It’s often expressed by the lie, “Truth is relative.” That’s a statement that refutes itself. If truth is relative, then saying so is also relative, meaning that we can’t trust the statement to be true all the time.

​If truth isn’t a single absolute, if your truth doesn’t have to match mine or even provable reality, then aren’t we just talking about feelings instead of facts? This is not a single gender thing, either. In eulogizing a male friend who died in October, Uber executive Angela Padilla declared, “He always spoke his truth. That was the part of him that I loved.” Presumably, she didn’t love him as much when he spoke someone else’s truth. But if truth is truly relative, why should it matter whose it was that he was speaking? If truth isn’t a single absolute, if your truth doesn’t have to match mine or even provable reality, then aren’t we just talking about feelings instead of facts? His truth, her truth, their truth, your truth. What a difference an adjective makes! Such choice of words is far more serious than a mere difference of opinion. If you’re interested in civilization, or if you simply have a problem with barbarism, then take this increasingly common choice of words as a warning. We have embarked on a very dangerous journey down a dark and dead-end path. The Kavanaugh hearings brought forth the “Believe All Women” demand like nothing before. A natural offshoot of the “truth is relative” lie, it suggests that truth has to do with body parts. You’d think that claim would have died out with Adam and Eve. Later, when Cain slew Abel, do you suppose Cain’s winning defense was “Believe All Men”? On the reality spectrum, the two poles are truth at one end and lies at the other. Every possible mix in between has some measure of both in it, but it’s not the truth.

​Truth Is Essential to Civilization One of the telltale signs of moral decline, one that if unchecked will ultimately portend civilizational collapse, is a careless, cavalier, and subjective attitude toward truth. When a people value truth for its own sake and seek to establish and uphold it, then other critical values fall into place: justice, trust, fairness, civility, honor. In court, we swear under oath to “tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth” because neither a good conscience nor a free and civil society will tolerate anything less.

​When truth ceases to be an ideal and an absolute and becomes just another inconvenience, or when truth is whatever anybody wants it to be because of something else that’s more important to them, disaster is around the corner. You know that moral decline is underway when truth is seen as a relative thing—pliable and personal, solid not as a rock but as a wind-blown feather. We then actively suppress our consciences and embrace the ephemeral, the frivolous, the temporary advantage, the applause of the mob, and the promises of demagogues. When truth ceases to be an ideal and an absolute and becomes just another inconvenience, or when truth is whatever anybody wants it to be because of something else that’s more important to them, disaster is around the corner. If you’re falsely accused of a crime, whose truth do you want to ultimately prevail--his, hers, theirs orthe? If you’re making a false accusation and hope you’ll never be caught, whose truth do you want to ultimately prevail--his, hers, theirs, the, or yours? It makes a difference, doesn’t it?

​Commit Yourself to Truth Perverting the truth into a partial truth or an outright lie is a sure sign of rottenness of character. It’s a common tool of the rotten, who by definition are people who seek to harm, deceive, and control for their own self-aggrandizement. Run from anyone who fears the truth or opposes the truth, for they can do you no good.

​If you wish to live in freedom, you must first commit yourself to truth in all things—an unwavering, unquenchable quest for it. No compromises with falsehoods and half-truths along the way. This is why the first casualty on the slippery slope to tyranny is the truth. If you wish to live in freedom, you must first commit yourself to truth in all things—an unwavering, unquenchable quest for it. No compromises with falsehoods and half-truths along the way. If “your” truth conflicts with “the” truth, you must fix you, not the world. No society becomes or remains free if it puts anything higher on life’s pedestal than pure, unadulterated, objective truth. In a Twitter post on January 1, 2018, Princeton legal and political scholar Robert P. George wrote: Truth is the ground and condition of freedom. Unless it is true that human beings deserve to have fundamental liberties respected and protected, the tyrant does no wrong in violating them. Relativism, skepticism, and subjectivism about truth provide no secure basis for freedom. We should honor civil liberties because the norms enjoining us to respect and protect them are valid, sound; in a word, true. Think about it. Would you like to live in a society in which we are asked in court, “Do you swear to tell his truth or her truth, some of the truth or everything but the truth?” I sure don’t. And that’s the truth.

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