The trouble with lying and deceiving is that their efficiency depends …

Hannah Arendt
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The trouble with lying and deceiving is that their efficiency depends entirely upon a clear notion of the truth that the liar and deceiver wishes to hide. ✨ Hannah Arendt (1972). Crises of the Republic: Lying in Politics; Civil Disobedience; On Violence; Thoughts on Politics and Revolution, p.41, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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