Truth might be heroic, but it was not within the range of practical domestic politics.

Samuel Butler
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Truth might be heroic, but it was not within the range of practical domestic politics. The truth can be a difficult thing to handle in a political setting. When politicians talk about the truth, they may not mean the whole truth. They may be trying to say their version of the truth is right and that everyone else’s version is wrong. In her book, The Truth Problem: Deception and Power in the Age of Information, Jennifer Senior explains how every politician knows the truth is not something they can actually control.

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