To Deceive or Not Deceive.....

If there was an extreme situation would I tell the truth or lie. I honestly have to say I would tell the truth. This is because it is always better to tell the truth about things than lie and have people know you lie. This would make me non trust worthy if I were to lie about something no matter the situation. Say the situation was my friends and I had went to the store and the shop lifted after I left. Say the police saw my face on the screen, saw I took nothing, and decided to ask me did I know where the other people I were with lived. Say I lied. Yes i would keep my friends and they would not get in trouble but say the cops saw me go to their house one day. Then I would get into trouble and lose something as serious as my freedom for lying to the cops. Now say we are in the same situation and I tell the truth. I would lose my friends for "snitching" on them but I would feel better about myself and keep my freedom for telling the truth. I would also feel guilt though for telling on them but honestly I oiled feel less guilty than if I had lied for them. I feel no matter what the situation is and no matter who is involved whether it be friends, family, or even pets, that we should do what is right and tell the truth.