It doesn't benefit me to lie to people. They're eventually going to find out the truth, and then where am I? That's the problem with liberalism and socialism, by the way: it has to be propped up by lies.
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It's essential to tell the truth at all times. This will reduce life's pain. Lying distorts reality. All forms of distorted thinking must be corrected.
People need good lies. There are too many bad ones.
It is sometimes necessary to lie damnably in the interests of the nation.
If you spend a lot of time lying to people, you think a lot about what the truth means.
People lie, and they always are very very creative in finding new ways to lie.
I don't think lying has any ultimate justification. I don't think it ever leads to anything positive. The good fight to have is not to lie. That's one of the challenges in a way.
People do not believe lies because they have to, but because they want to.
I try to lie as much as I can when I'm interviewed. It's reverse psychology. I figure if you lie, they'll print the truth.
I know how easy it is for one to stay well within moral, ethical, and legal bounds through the skillful use of words - and to thereby spin, sidestep, circumvent, or bend a truth completely out of shape. To that extent, we are all liars on numerous occasions.
I can't say why people lie; they just do. Everyone has their own reasons for not telling the truth.
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