Journal #23:
Q= "Truth is powerful, and it prevails.” ---Sojourner Truth
A= When viewing the claim Sojourner Truth's claim, what she is claiming is that when making any decision or running for anything, speak the truth because it will always excel. However, I don't agree with this quote because their have been many instances where the truth was spoken and it didn't necessarily prevail at the moment. When agreeing with this quote many may believe that Truth is maybe talking about the presidential elections, but with the years escalating many of the political leaders rather use the tactic of deception than actual truth. Instead of talking of the truth's of how the world is facing many problems and they know how to fix it, they rather make the other look as negative as possible so they can look better than them.
An example of how the quote Truth states isn't correct is the situation between Galilei and Copernicus. When Copernicus states that the solar system was heliocentric (meaning the Sun was the middle) everyone didn't believe him and for religious reasons he went to jail, even when he told the truth. Galilei, however, achieved many praise for his geocentric idea, where the Earth is the center of everything. Although Copernicus told the truth, he didn't prevail and was jailed to death with his claim. Since his claim is now a belief and norm in our societal knowledge, although he prevailed it was too late for him.
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