A regime that wraps itself in the flag of truth fears truth most of all, for if its story is falsified to the slightest degree, its authority is gone.

Orson Scott Card
A regime that wraps itself in the flag of truth...
A regime that wraps itself in the flag of truth...
A regime that wraps itself in the flag of truth...
A regime that wraps itself in the flag of truth...
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If someone tells a lie, they have to work to keep it out of the light. When a person is caught in a lie, they have to work to keep up the lie. The longer they do this, the harder it is to switch things up and tell the truth. In this way, a regime that wraps itself in the flag of truth fears truth most of all, for if its story is falsified to the slightest degree, its authority is gone.

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