The Golden Lasso of Truth

The Golden Lasso was one of the magical gifts awarded Wonder Woman upon her earning the position of Ambassador to the man's world in the first place. It was fashioned by the All-Mighty Powers That Be and being so, is completely industructable by any man or creature as well as any magical, mystical being, good or evil.

Anyone captured within it WILL be forced to tell the truth, this goes for Superheroes as well. It is of utmost importance that the handler be of keen intelligence.

The Golden Lasso is a very strong item of special power and was given to Wonder Woman with the advice to use it with compassion. Compassion because one must be willing to use it for 'need-to-know' purpose only, it is not something to be used for frivolous things, hynotic party tricks and to make people forget important moments of their life. Compassion is one trait that separates Wonder Woman from villians she fights and even from other Superheroes who help her. Compassion is one of the components of this Golden Lasso as well as one of the requirements to properly handle it. May the Golden Lasso never fall into the wrong hands, but may it's compassion fall into the hands of many. (many thanks to wndrwmn28 and her wonderful description of the Super Power I would choose to have).

There grows grief and there grows shame
In Peter, where the day has dawned,
And though he sees no one is near
He feels a deep shame for his sin:
For a great heart will be moved
To shame, if even unseen,
When it transgresses, shame though
Seen by nought but earth and sky.
--Don Quixote

It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.
--Thomas Jefferson

The truth isn't always beauty, but the hunger for it is.
--Nadine Gordimer

Search for the truth is the noblest occupation of man; its publication is a duty.
--Anne Louise Germaine de Stael (1766-1817), French author

I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.
--Martin Luther King

To be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; credible we must be truthful.
--Edward R. Murrow

Truth is not determined by majority vote.
--Doug Gwyn

I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts.
--Abraham Lincoln

Here the ways of men part: if you wish to strive for peace of soul and pleasure, then believe; if you wish to be a devotee of truth, then inquire.
--Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

In times of universal deceit, telling the truth will be a revolutionary act.
--George Orwell

When I tell the truth, it is not for the sake of convincing those who do not know it, but for the sake of defending those that do.
--William Blake

Believe nothing just because a so-called wise person said it. Believe nothing just because a belief is generally held. Believe nothing just because it is said in ancient books. Believe nothing just because it is said to be of divine origin. Believe nothing just because someone else believes it. Believe only what you yourself test and judge to be true.
--Buddha, Hindu Prince Gautama Siddharta

The simple step of a courageous individual is not to take part in the lie. One word of truth outweighs the world.
--Alexander Solzhenitsyn

For the great majority of mankind are satisfied with appearances, as though they were realities, and are often more influenced by the things that seem than by those that are.
--Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527)

And we can even learn something from the vile:

The victor will never be asked if he told the truth.
-- Adolf Hitler

The most brilliant propagandist technique will yield no success unless one fundamental principle is borne in mind constantly...it must confine itself to a few points and repeat them over and over.
--Joseph Goebbels, Nazi Propaganda Minister