Scripture is like a lion. Who ever heard of defending a lion? Just turn it loose; it will defend itself.
While all deception requires secrecy, all secrecy is not meant to deceive.
Liars share with those they deceive the desire not to be deceived.
Trust is a social good to be protected just as much as the air we breathe or the water we drink. When it is damaged, the community as a whole suffers; and when it is destroyed, societies falter and collapse
Trust and integrity are precious resources, easily squandered, hard to regain. They can thrive only on a foundation of respect for veracity.
Whatever matters to human beings, trust is the atmosphere in which it thrives.
I believe that a guarantee of public access to government information is indispensable in the long run for any democratic society. . . . if officials make public only what they want citizens to know, then publicity becomes a sham and accountability meaningless.
I'm not afraid to have the ratchet side because that's a part of me too. I like to turn up, I am from Oakland. But at the same time, there's still a classy side to me that I've seen in Oakland as well.
If only I was as eloquent as Demosthenes, I would have to do no more than repeat a single word three times.
There's a lot of money to be made by strip-mining and drilling the dirtiest oil on the planet. But why should the rest of us pay the price?
Child murderers practice their profession without let or hindrance, and open infant butcheries unquestioned. . . Is there no remedy for all this ante-natal child murder?