You Can Not Be Honest With Others, If You Are Not First Honest With Yourself.
Why do the powerful always insist on having a __ack story_ to justify whatever they do? Why can__ they__ust once__o something for the simple reason that it is the right thing to do, in itself, for reasons understood and accepted by all? In politics, laws are passed to secretly serve hidden agendas, for without such agendas many lawmakers would never find the motivation to support anything at all.
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Why do the powerful always insist on having a __ack story_ to justify whatever they do? Why can__ they__ust once__o something for the simple reason that it is the right thing to do, in itself, for reasons understood and accepted by all? In politics, laws are passed to secretly serve hidden agendas, for without such agendas many lawmakers would never find the motivation to support anything at all.
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