After all, to speak the truth means “giving in.” It means “not fighting.” Our politics ... truth and lies. This conduct has a high cost. It leaves the public with no one to trust.

Joe paid lip service to a grab bag of virtuous goals but, really, he was all about himself ... warned of a future in which “the truth is smothered by lies told for power and for profit.” ...

We are watching a disaster in the making: Our leaders are all falling in line with a program that prioritizes politics and power ... allows us to see the truth. The same can be said for a capitalist ...

Political allegiance has eclipsed the responsibility to hold a leader accountable for his actions, Guzman writes.

Every distortion of truth is accepted at face value," the analyst ... [so] she can never be trusted," Ritter went on. "The same thing with the French, and the same thing with the United States ...