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Reader comment on item: From "Not a Crook" to "Not a Liar": A Potted History of Political Denials
Submitted by Joel Levine (United States), Jun 9, 2017 at 13:01
The Talmud recognized man's propensity to deny his shortcomings in the rule " ואיו אדם משים עצמו רשע."
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