Eighth Commandment
Americannoun
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Bill Clinton, who is fond of quoting the Bible, might be tempted to remind Falwell of the Eighth Commandment: "Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor."
From Time Magazine Archive
Longtime Working Politician Roosevelt would cooperate with Boss Tom Platt's state G.O.P. machine, then fight it, then cooperate again, as he put it, in anything that did not infringe "the Eighth Commandment and general decency."
From Time Magazine Archive
A. The Eighth Commandment forbids all rash judgments, backbiting, slanders, and lies.
From Baltimore Catechism, No. 4 An Explanation of the Baltimore Catechism of Christian Doctrine by Kinkead, Thomas L.
I remember the very spot—in a footpath through a green field—where I first met the Eighth Commandment, and felt it looking me full in the face.
From A New England girlhood, outlined from memory (Beverly, MA) by Larcom, Lucy
The Eighth Commandment protects every man's honor; it condemns contumely which is an attack upon that honor.
From Explanation of Catholic Morals A Concise, Reasoned, and Popular Exposition of Catholic Morals by Stapleton, John H. (John Henry)
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