Ur The Real Frank Zappa Book (och
"Freeman Report"):
"...When political leaders do not demonstrate honesty, when people lie
constantly in the media - everybody get used to 'The Big Lie' as
a way of life. At that point, honesty becomes a quaintly outmoded
concept
- nobody wants to be honest anymore, because if they are, they
might finnish last.
I would say that today, dishonesty is the rule, and honesty the
exception. It could be, statistically, that more people are honest than
dishonest, but the few that really control things are not
honest, and that tips the balance...."