A Quote by Hans F. Sennholz

Instead of safeguarding truth and honesty, the state then tends to become a major source of insincerity and mendacity.

Hans F. Sennholz

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Hans F. Sennholz
American - Economist
February 3, 1922 - June 23, 2007

Wherever politics intrudes upon economic life, political success is readily attained by saying what people like to hear rather than what is demonstrably true. Instead of safeguarding truth and honesty, the state then tends to become a major source of insi

Hans F. Sennholz

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Nirmala Srivastava

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Kevin Mitnick

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David Whyte

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Paul Strand

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James E. Faust

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John de Ruiter

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