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The trite saying that honesty is the best policy has met with the just criticism that honesty is not policy. The real honest man is honest from conviction of what is right, not from policy.

Robert E. Lee

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Der banale Satz, dass Ehrlichkeit die beste Politik ist, hat mit der gerechten Kritik gestoßen, dass Ehrlichkeit keine Politik ist. Der wirklich ehrliche Mann ist ehrlich aus Überzeugung von dem, was richtig ist, nicht aus der Politik.

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