Reality is easy. It's deception that's the hard work.
All war is based on deception.
All war is deception.
In the last few years the very idea of telling the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth is dredged up only as a final resort when the alternative options of deception threat and bribery have all been exhausted.
Nationalism is power hunger tempered by self-deception.
Profit is sweet even if it comes from deception.
Men are so simple and so much inclined to obey immediate needs that a deceiver will never lack victims for his deceptions.
The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions.
The one charm about marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary for both parties.
It's a sad day when the leaders of the free world engage in such deception and trickery. I voted against this unnecessary war and will continue to argue that the best way to support our troops is to bring them home.