Lewis B. Smedes - No doubt, corporate CEOs who lie to their shareholders and politicians who lie to ...

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No doubt, corporate CEOs who lie to their shareholders and politicians who lie to their public know and believe intellectually that lying is immoral. Why then do they lie? They lie to others because they first lie to themselves.

Lewis B. Smedes

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Zweifellos wissen Firmenchefs, die ihre Aktionäre belügen, und Politiker, die ihr Publikum belügen, und wissen intellektuell, dass Lügen unmoralisch ist. Warum lügen sie dann? Sie belügen andere, weil sie sich zuerst selbst anlügen.

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