And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
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Such power attended our Lord's words, that many were convinced, and professed to believe in him. He encouraged them to attend his teaching, rely on his promises, and obey his commands, notwithstanding all temptations to evil.
John 8:32 quoted in popular culture
- Address in Winston-Salem at Groundbreaking Ceremonies, Wake Forest College
Politics Verified official transcript Oct 14, 1951 -
Address in Winston-Salem at Groundbreaking Ceremonies, Wake Forest College · Harry S Truman · American Presidency Project hit for the phrase "the truth shall make you free". Excerpt: system: "Know the truth, and the truth shall make you free ." Students and teachers in …
APP: Address in Winston-Salem at Groundbreaking Ceremonies, Wake Forest College
- Address at Groundbreaking Ceremonies, Wake Forest College
Speech Verified groundbreaking address Oct 15, 1951 -
Wake Forest College ceremony · Harry S. Truman · Truman treated John 8:32 as a creed for free inquiry and uncensored education.
- Commencement Address at the University of Texas
Speech Verified commencement address May 22, 1964 -
University of Texas commencement · Lyndon B. Johnson · Johnson quoted the campus inscription of John 8:32 in a call to build the Great Society through learning.
American Presidency Project: LBJ commencement at the University of Texas
- Remarks Upon Signing the Higher Education Act of 1965
Speech Verified bill-signing remarks Nov 8, 1965 -
Signing ceremony at Southwest Texas State College · Lyndon B. Johnson · Johnson called John 8:32 a personal education creed while signing landmark higher-education legislation.
American Presidency Project: LBJ signing the Higher Education Act
- Remarks on Signing the Bill of Rights Day and Human Rights Day and Week Proclamation
Speech Verified signing remarks Dec 9, 1982 -
Bill of Rights and Human Rights Week proclamation · Ronald Reagan · Reagan used John 8:32 to justify broadcasting democratic and human-rights messages behind the Iron Curtain.
American Presidency Project: Reagan on Bill of Rights Day and Human Rights Week
- Remarks on the 50th Anniversary of the Central Intelligence Agency
Speech Verified anniversary remarks Sep 26, 1997 -
CIA 50th anniversary ceremony at Langley · Bill Clinton · Clinton tied the CIA's Langley inscription of John 8:32 to intelligence work and democratic freedom.
American Presidency Project: Clinton at the 50th anniversary of the CIA
- Remarks and an Exchange with Reporters Announcing the Nomination of Admiral Dennis Blair as Director of National Intelligence and Leon Panetta as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
Politics Verified official transcript Jan 8, 2009 -
Remarks and an Exchange with Reporters Announcing the Nomination of Admiral Dennis Blair as Director of National Intelligence and Leon Panetta as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency · Barack Obama · American Presidency Project hit for the phrase "the truth shall make you free". Excerpt: shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free ." If confirmed, Mr. President-elect …
- Remarks at the Ceremonial Swearing-in of Leon E. Panetta as Director of the CIA
Speech Verified swearing-in remarks Feb 19, 2009 -
CIA headquarters ceremony · Joe Biden · Biden quoted the Langley motto from John 8:32 as the standard for intelligence honesty.
American Presidency Project: Biden swearing in Leon Panetta at the CIA
- Remarks at a South Carolina Democratic Party Dinner
Speech Verified party dinner remarks Jan 27, 2024 -
South Carolina Democratic Party dinner in Columbia · Joe Biden · Biden used John 8:32 against election falsehoods and the politics of the lie.
American Presidency Project: Biden at the South Carolina Democratic Party dinner
- All the King's Men
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- Brazil (1985 film)
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- City Life (short stories)
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- Free Love
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- Jair Bolsonaro
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- Liberty
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- Max Heindel
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Wikiquote match for "the truth shall make you free" · Wikiquote search matched the biblical phrase "the truth shall make you free". Snippet: Rosicrucian Cosmo-Conception (1909) Introduction Christ said, " The Truth shall make you free ," but Truth is not found once and forever. Truth is eternal
- The Grand Inquisitor
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- Truth
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Wikiquote match for "the truth shall make you free" · Wikiquote search matched the biblical phrase "the truth shall make you free". Snippet: to Henry Lee (15 May 1826). Yet ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free . Jesus in John 8:32 ... because I tell the truth, you do not