"Truth is certainly a branch of morality and a very important one to society." ― Thomas Jefferson Topic(s): Society Tags: branch, certainly, morality, truth More From Thomas Jefferson "The most successful war seldom pays for its losses." "Happiness is not being pained in body or troubled in mind." "I have no fear that the result of our experiment will be that men may be trusted to govern themselves without a master." More In Society "Society cares for the individual only so far as he is profitable."― Simone de Beauvoir "The truth is, I think we are a self-less society, not a selfish society. Because we’re so busy now."― Phil McGraw "The Ten Commandments have never been replaced as the moral basis upon which society rests."― Edwin Louis Cole