Veritas vos liberabit (Latin) is a variant of Veritas liberabit vos ("the truth shall set you free"; Greek: ἡ ἀλήθεια ἐλευθερώσει ὑμᾶς hē alētheia eleutherōsei hymas), verse 8:32 of the Gospel of John, a statement which Jesus addresses to a group of Jews who had believed in Him. Pilate has the philosopher's response in verse John 18:38: "Quid est veritas?" ("What is truth?", Τί ἐστιν ἀλήθεια, Ti estin alētheia?).
Veritas vos liberabit is the motto of numerous institutions:
Bayview Glen School, Toronto, Canada
Greenville Senior High School
Grenoble Alpes University
Idaho State University
Johns Hopkins University
Lafayette College
Lebanon Valley College
Ottawa University
Our Lady Seat of Wisdom Academy
Southern Methodist University
St. Augustine's College (Raleigh)
St. Thomas Aquinas Senior High School
St. Thomas College, Thrissur
Sam Adams Associates
The California Institute of Technology
University of Portland
Universidad de San Martin de Porres, Lima, Perú and its football club, Club Deportivo Universidad de San Martin de Porres
Universidad Adolfo Ibañez, Chile
Xavier College East Victoria Park, Perth Western Australia
Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea
Mar Ivanios College
The English variant "And Ye Shall Know the Truth and the Truth Shall Make You Free" is carved in stone in the Original Headquarters Building (OHB) of the Central Intelligence Agency.
Translated into German, Die Wahrheit wird euch frei machen it is the motto of the University of Freiburg.
The Greek original text (ἡ ἀλήθεια ἐλευθερώσει ὑμᾶς):
Was used by the Knights Hospitaller during the crusades
Is the motto of Lenoir-Rhyne University
The Latin version, Veritas liberabit vos, is the motto of :
Canterbury Christ Church University
Catholic University of Cordoba
Doshisha University, Kyoto City, Japan
King's College of the University of Queensland
Mackilliop Senior College
Newman Senior Technical College
Port Macquarie, New South Wales
Redfield College Dural NSW
St. George's Independent Schools
St Josephs Regional College
Saint Pauls High School
Southern Methodist University
Universidade Luterana Do Brasil
Xavier University (Ateneo de Cagayan)
Yonsei University
Translated into Spanish, it is the motto of:
Universidad de Guanajuato
Universidad Iberoamericana
The motto was used by professional wrestler R-Truth during his ring entrances throughout 2011.
