Speaking the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth is not enough. You also have to take responsibility for understanding what you’re saying, why you’re saying it, and the effect that hearing it is going to have on your listener. The truth is not just the collection of all the facts you may know in relation to a given subject. The truth means understanding the significance of those facts, the validity, the true representative nature of each of them, and being responsible for which ones should be shared in order to effectively convey, not just state, the truth.
