Truth
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Sep 26, 2001
- Messages
- 266
" The President is merely the most important among a large number of public servants. He should
be supported or opposed exactly to the degree which is warranted by his good conduct or bad
conduct, his efficiency or inefficiency in rendering loyal, able, and disinterested service to the
nation as a whole. Therefore it is absolutely necessary that there should be full liberty to tell the
truth about his acts, and this means that it is exactly as necessary to blame him when he does
wrong as to praise him when he does right. Any other attitude in an American citizen is both
base and servile. To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that
we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile,
but is morally treasonable to the American public. Nothing but the truth should be spoken
about him or any one else. But it is even more important to tell the truth, pleasant or unpleasant,
about him than about any one else. "
be supported or opposed exactly to the degree which is warranted by his good conduct or bad
conduct, his efficiency or inefficiency in rendering loyal, able, and disinterested service to the
nation as a whole. Therefore it is absolutely necessary that there should be full liberty to tell the
truth about his acts, and this means that it is exactly as necessary to blame him when he does
wrong as to praise him when he does right. Any other attitude in an American citizen is both
base and servile. To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that
we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile,
but is morally treasonable to the American public. Nothing but the truth should be spoken
about him or any one else. But it is even more important to tell the truth, pleasant or unpleasant,
about him than about any one else. "
