He has said reporters feel no obligation to tell the truth.

But think about it; even if you have an obligation to tell the truth, the captain here doesn't.

However, I also have an academic obligation to tell the truth."

You tried to get me to give a broader interpretation to my oath than just my obligation to tell the truth.

They were under no obligation to tell the truth during the course of an interview; only the interviewee risked a penalty for lying.

William Henderson of Indiana University says law schools have a moral obligation to tell the truth about themselves.

"If we are to successfully pursue justice in our courts, it is essential that witnesses feel a personal profound obligation to tell the truth," he said.

"That's why we have perjury laws - because we tell people this time you're under a special formal obligation to tell the truth," he said.

"But the obligation to tell the truth is heightened when one is proposing to start a war as opposed to proposing to put a television spot up."

The approach resulted in notable controversy after Ziua newspaper criticized Cioroianu, who defended himself by stating he had an obligation to tell the truth.

The rules set two standards for finding witnesses incompetent: they cannot express themselves understandably or they are incapable of understanding the obligation to tell the truth in court.

He did not like getting involved in this business that had happened, this murder of his three countrymen, but he knew it was his obligation to tell the truth.

But he contends that law schools - which, let's not forget, require students to take courses on disclosure and ethics - have a special moral obligation to tell the truth about themselves.

Is there, along with the obligation to tell the truth, an imperative to dispense hope or reassurance, or to angle the presentation of problems toward the discovery of solutions?

Lo said his objective was to inform them of their obligation to tell the truth to the police, as well as the company's obligation of confidentiality to its clients, including Huawei.

This is typically done by assessing whether the child is capable of observing and recollecting facts, of narrating them to a judge or jury and of understanding the obligation to tell the truth.

When someone is killed by this commando unit and a character named Woodward insists that "we have a moral obligation to tell the truth about this," the colonel gapes in disbelief at such namby-pamby thinking.

"If a man is going to assume the right to tell several thousand readers what's what--most agreeable, hitherto--he's got a kind of you might say priestly obligation to tell the truth. '

Researchers have determined that a child should be considered a competent witness if he or she has the capacity to observe, communicate, produce sufficient memories, differentiate truth from lies, and understand the obligation to tell the truth.

Later on in life those same children may be expected to regard that Bible with such reverence, that the placing of a hand on a copy of it automatically makes their obligation to tell the truth more compelling.

"The candidate has an obligation to tell the truth to the American people, and George Bush played fast and loose with the facts last week and they're doing it again this week," said Kirk O'Donnell, a senior campaign official.

The obligation to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth requires a complete answer and does not allow a deponent to hide behind twisted interpretations that a reasonable person would not draw. . . . 2.

"My feeling of morality is that we all have the moral obligation to tell the truth, and we all have the moral obligation to allow the market to do what it does without obstruction," said Ms. Cappellazzo, adding, "these are precious, rare goods that, like commodities, have fluctuating values."

The United States attorney in Manhattan, Mary Jo White, said yesterday: "Every witness brought before a grand jury as part of the investigation of the horrific attacks on Sept. 11 - indeed, as part of any investigation - has an absolute obligation to tell the truth throughout his or her testimony."