Dr. Samuel Johnson Quote

"There is no crime more infamous than the violation of truth. It is apparent that men can be social beings no longer than they believe each other. When speech is employed only as the vehicle of falsehood, every man must disunite himself from others, inhabit his own cave and seek prey only for himself."

by:	Dr. Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English author, poet, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer
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Categories:	Honesty, Honor, Integrity, Society, Truth
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As to falsehood, it is shoveled out of the White House and the Congress by the truckload, Unfortunatly, a great number of Americans swallow it hook, line,and sinker.  -- jim k, Austin,Tx      1
I have a little trouble trusting people who are silly enough to buy into socialism. It is a recipe for failure when you think it through, yet some will actually become quite rabid in their defense of it. Beware the young Nazi's, they know not what they do...  -- J Carlton, Calgary      2
Thus it is that the likes of Palin, O'Donnell and the Tea Partiers must be dumped into the trash can of lies and evil. Palin said that the health bill had "death panels" O'Donnell said "mice have human brains". How any American or human being could support folk like this is beyond me. They among other silly Tea Party Republicans like Joe Miller make one want to run into his own cave and keep his shotgun pointed at the outside world.  -- Waffler, Smith      3
Waffler, you have no idea...None!...what Federal Health Care is going to do to the US.  -- J Carlton, Calgary      1
Love it! Well, obviously, we are all off to find our cave - "Once the integrity of any truth is breached the events that follow go without question."RBE One unethical action, one lie, one misdeed, will compromise your integrity - it is possible to regain your integrity by doing six good things equal or greater than the misdeed. So, get to work...  -- RBESRQ
That is not the point J, the point is I do not lie about it. Palin and O'Donnell are damn fools and liars and sadly there are many who follow fools and liars, and RBESRQ is correct once we go down the slippery road of Republican lies we are lost. Remember this one by Cheney, "Deficits and national debt don't matter" Wher were all these right wingers then, now they say they do matter, what gives we these idiots!  -- Waffler, Smith      1
Mr. Obamunist Goodwrench the assassin, along with his criminal Czars and stars are doing their absolute best to treat the here subject quote as a prophecy so, they can fulfill it. Waffler, have you read recently of Gates justifying of Obamunist, the assassin's healthcare death panels. Gates can in no way be considered right of anything, AND, you are almost half right speaking of one segment of government's actions, you leave out the left's lies that are every bit as devastating. Waffler, which is more heinous, torture or murder?  -- Mike, Norwalk      1
Palin and O Donnell are not even part of this...Focus man focus! As an aside though...I would have Palin on my side in any conflict.  -- J Carlton, Calgary
Anyone who thinks their party is 'good' and the other party 'bad' is being dishonest to themselves and others. Forget about political parties -- this quote addresses the fundamental truth that Integrity and Honor are absolutely necessary for any progress or cooperation. Broken promises are not always lies, but broken still -- they must be addressed, whether it is between 2 people or a government and the people. When 'image is everything' then 'reality is nothing.' Don't you get tired of being conned over and over and over? Don't you get tired of the lies? I HAVE! Thus I find myself in my cave with my honor in tact, ever watchful for the plundering pirates who claim my property and labors as their own 'by law.' Liars and thieves deserving of a hang man's noose.  -- E Archer, NYC      1
I am in league with Archer (God forbid!) but I can not help it as concerns tolerance for liars. Politcal promises are intentions, a president, a senator, can state what he will do but he is not a dictator and cannot do it himself. America, if you have not heard or experienced is a place of compromise and Palin, O'Donnelly and Cheney are liars and I hate them. If they are not liars they are just plain stupid like Mike and I still hate them.  -- Waffler, Smith      1
Waffler there's NO compromise on the Constitution....NONE!  -- J Carlton, Calgary      1
(-; Waffler, is it that I ask the question: "which is more heinous, torture or murder?", that makes me just plain stupid? I can see why you hate me for that. ;-)  -- Mike, Norwalk
I dislike you Mike because of your tortuous posts!  -- Waffler, Smith
Waffler, Smith has evidently bought in to the poop that is shoveled out of the White House and the Capital on a daily basis. Even when they have left it is still pouring out of the place. We are all going to have to get in our caves if we do not get our Constitution back in action and these idiots that are occupying our White House out. Mostly the Unions & Czars are the most popular with Obama. But Pelosi & Reid are hopefully gone..  -- Anonymous, Atlanta      1
Man, in his prideful fallenness, reserves unto himself the right to rend reality beyond recognition, rendering it a utile means of advancing his solipsistic agenda. In this increasingly lightless day, success, commonly, is predicated upon a perfected ability to be mendaciously veracious and veraciously mendacious.  -- Patrick Henry, Red Hill      1
best quote for describing the intellectual divide among Americans today!! lefties see it crooked, Patriots are MAGA the tween shall never meet the leftists have left American Liberty, MSM is driving everyone elsewhere  -- Mark W, Aurora, Colorado
A sad day when facing a corrupt democratic mob, bent upon usury and plunder. But now the things that are "more excellent", have been brought to light, bridging gaps of understanding creating the Unity, that only Liberty can provide. Restoring confidence in our Constitution and its Defence of our Declaration of Independence, resulting in the election of President Donald J. Trump. to the dismay of the wafflers, of the world. Snowflakes cry for childrens rule, but melt away in the Light of Reality. What began as an experiment has a purposeful intent in mind.  -- Ronw13, OR

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