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Marshall Sanford: The issue of lying is probably the biggest harm, if you will, to the system of democratic government, representative…

On the recordJune 23, 2009
The issue of lying is probably the biggest harm, if you will, to the system of democratic government, representative government because it undermines trust. And if you undermine trust in our system, you undermine everything.
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Marshall Sanford
South Carolina

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Mark Sanford discusses the implications of lying on trust within democratic governance.

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