Integrity
The testimony of integrity calls us to wholeness; it is the whole of life open to Truth. When lives are centered in the Spirit, beliefs and actions are congruent, and words are dependable. Speaking the truth in all circumstances and at all times is shown in the refusal to take oaths. Friends believe in speaking simply, avoiding misleading words or emotionally manipulative language.
Speaking the truth in all circumstances and at all times is shown in the refusal to take oaths. Oaths imply that there are times the truth is not necessarily told.
"No testimony resulted in more suffering than the Quaker stand against judicial oaths. Many friends spent long years in foul prisons and
some died there in support of this testimony."