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| Disagree | 16% | 509 votes |
Agree
Created on: February 25, 2010 Last Updated: February 27, 2010
For some people, being dishonest is a unavoidable compulsion, their desires to subvert and mess with
by Ben Hughes
Created on: April 11, 2008
Yes, I think that honesty is the best policy, but I have to say it with some reservations. There are
by Angels Web
Created on: March 29, 2009 Last Updated: September 11, 2011
Honesty is the best Policy and the Truth can set you Free!
Telling the truth is always the best policy.
Created on: February 23, 2008
Despite the myth of white lie's innocence, honesty is always the best policy. The truth has an eerie
Created on: March 13, 2008
Honesty comes from the root honor and honor is truly the best policy; but the platitude 'honesty is
by K. Russell
Created on: March 09, 2009 Last Updated: June 17, 2010
You may not always win friends or influence people by being completely honest but you will certainly
by Barry Marcus
Created on: April 13, 2008
Keeping your life and business in order can be achieved much more simply by being honest than by lying
by anon1984
Created on: April 07, 2008
"Honesty is the first chapter of the book of wisdom", Thomas Jefferson.
....but
"We tell lies when we
Created on: June 21, 2007
Honesty is the best policy. That is true now, was true when the first writer wrote it, and is true now.
Created on: June 07, 2007
I have had honesty thrust upon me from an early age. I have my plain and simple parents to thank for
Created on: February 24, 2010 Last Updated: March 31, 2010
Honesty is the best policy and should be the only policy in life for everyone. However, there are varying
by Zaf R.
Created on: April 04, 2008
Honesty is the best policy. While it appears that in today's world that this policy has fallen out of
Created on: December 27, 2008 Last Updated: April 09, 2012
Most people consider lying to be wrong ethically, even those who frequently do, unless they are also
Created on: March 08, 2008
Imagine sitting in a class. You, along with everyone else, are taking a test. You look over at your
Created on: January 28, 2008
No one likes to be deceived, even those who practice deception on a regular basis. We cannot, however,
Created on: December 18, 2007
Yes honesty is the best policy, lies and deception always lead to tears.
Everybody has the right to know
by Stephen Bate
Created on: February 12, 2008
If you research a definition for "Honesty" then you will see a series of comments stating that it is
Created on: September 12, 2007
"Honesty is the best policy" is a phrase I remember hearing alot as I was growing up, mainly from my
Created on: March 10, 2008
Honesty is always the best policy. For a number of different reasons, but most importantly because it
by Debb Angel
Created on: June 07, 2007 Last Updated: December 29, 2009
Honesty is the best policy, builds integrity, and makes great people even greater.
I have always taught
Disagree
Created on: July 17, 2011 Last Updated: July 26, 2011
Honesty is not a ‘policy’ at all, but rather, it is a ‘state of mind’. It is
by Tom Koecke
Created on: July 31, 2007
It is a shame that words change so much in meaning over time that we do not recognize that which we
Created on: October 11, 2010 Last Updated: October 12, 2010
While probity is often regarded as a highly respectable principle, many doubt that it should be blindly
by Vikas Reddy
Created on: November 16, 2008 Last Updated: August 13, 2011
It's funny the things we end up doing to protect something called our 'reputation.' Reputation you say?
by Shelly Mcrae
Created on: September 25, 2007 Last Updated: April 27, 2012
Honesty is not the best policy because honesty is not a policy at all. It is a quality, a state of truthfulness.
by Beth Brown
Created on: February 07, 2010
When pushed up against a wall, do you look for the space between his legs to crawl out of, or do you
by Dominic Shaw
Created on: March 22, 2008
Honesty without a doubt is not the best policy in life. In fact an honest comment could lead to a problem
by Matt Shor
Created on: October 08, 2007
"I was just being honest."
Often, these words are used to justify making all sorts of comments that are
by Rhonda Coyle
Created on: March 05, 2008 Last Updated: August 29, 2009
"Nothing in the world is more dangerous than a sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity" Martin
by The Schmooze
Created on: January 31, 2008
Is honesty really the best policy? 75% of the time, I believe it is. There are sometimes when however
Created on: September 21, 2007
I disagree that honesty is the BEST policy, but, I do think that honesty in appropriate situations is
Created on: March 06, 2008
Honesty is not the best policy, because first and foremost there are no best policies, and secondly
by Jimmy Ettele
Created on: October 21, 2008
During the final hours of my dad's life, my sister, mom, wife and I went in to be with him. We wanted
by feathers
Created on: August 06, 2007
Are you kidding? Honestly is the best policy? NO WAY!
Now - be honest! Are you 100% honest? If you are,
by Ivan Anthony
Created on: September 04, 2007
In the teaching of our children, of course honesty is the best policy. Always has been and always will.
by Kazzy
Created on: August 01, 2007
Ha! What a statement this is..."Honesty is the best policy". I so use to believe this, actually it was
by Sarah Plumb
Created on: July 20, 2009
Honesty is really a matter of two things: being truthful as opposed to telling a lie, and using language
by Susie Turk
Created on: February 11, 2008
I believe I'm quite an honest person. I'm also also compassionate, empathetic, and fearful of people
by Maggi Thomas
Created on: March 24, 2009
When we were young we were always taught the fundamental lesson of being honest in our lives. As we
by Robert Bluck
Created on: November 08, 2008
Should the truth be told? Honesty, I think that nobody wants to really know the truth. When that wife