#ruth

You know I took an oath to tell the truth when I took the witness stand. ↗

— Mary Harris Jones

#know #oath #stand #tell #took

I am not afraid of the pen, or the scaffold, or the sword. I will tell the truth wherever I please. ↗

— Mother Jones

#am #i #i am #pen #please

Without accepting the fact that everything changes, we cannot find perfect composure. But unfortunately, although it is true, it is difficult for us to accept it. Because we cannot accept the truth of transience, we suffer. ↗

— Shunryu Suzuki

#accept #accepting #although #because #cannot

We tend to read each other's books in sizeable chunks as they are written. I don't know that you could say we are ruthless with each other - in fact, I suppose we are very kind. There are ways to make suggestions which are not destructive. ↗

— Jonathan Kellerman

#chunks #could #destructive #each #fact

People say I am ruthless. I am not ruthless. And if I find the man who is calling me ruthless, I shall destroy him. ↗

— Robert Kennedy

#calling #destroy #find #him #i

Now I can go back to being ruthless again. ↗

— Robert Kennedy

#back #being #go #i #i can

But one of the things I learned is that when you fight for something you believe in and you tell the truth and you do your best, you can always hold your head up high and no one can take that away from you. ↗

— Vanessa Kerry

#away #believe #best #do your best #fight

The truth doesn't have to do with cruelty, the truth has to do with mercy. ↗

— Ken Kesey

#mercy #truth

Discrimination is a hellhound that gnaws at Negroes in every waking moment of their lives to remind them that the lie of their inferiority is accepted as truth in the society dominating them. ↗

— Martin Luther King, Jr.

#discrimination #dominating #every #gnaws #inferiority

In order that all men may be taught to speak the truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#learn #likewise #may #men #necessary