TY - BOOK AU - Arendt,Hannah AU - Bromwich,David TI - On lying and politics T2 - Library of America special publication SN - 9781598537314 AV - JA79 .A725 2022 PY - 2022/// CY - New York PB - A Library of America. N2 - "No one," Hannah Arendt observed, "has ever counted truthfulness as a political virtue." But why do politicians lie? What is the relationship between political lies and self-delusion? And how much organized deceit can a democracy endure before it ceases to function?--From publisher description ER -