Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below.

Governments, businesses, groups, or people reveal themselves by how they act, not by what they say. A company may claim to value its customers, or a politician may claim to be committed to a cause, but what do their actions say? People or groups may state what they wish were true or what think others want to hear, but it is their actions that reveal their true values.

Do actions, not words, reveal a person or group’s true attitudes and intentions?
Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observations.