“Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclination, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.”  – John Adams (1770); from ‘Argument in Defense of the Soldiers in the Boston Massacre Trials,’ December 1770

A brief summation of the part John Adams played in these trials can be found at:

The Boston Massacre Trials

We should all follow the truth wherever it may lead.  I don’t think this can be made any simpler or more complex.  Truth is truth and what we should live by in making the many determinations we face as individuals and as a society in general.