Unfortunately, we have a tendency to see figures from the past as caricatures - either all good or all bad - when the truth is always much more complex.

Truth is a tendency.

The truth is always more heroic than the hype.

Truth is always a delusion.

The American Revolution as it actually unfolded was so troubling and strange that once the struggle was over, a generation did its best to remove all traces of the truth.

Truth is so much more interesting than the fiction we're used to.