“The history of the race, and each individual's experience, are thick with evidence that a truth is not hard to kill and that a lie told well is immortal.”

We hold this truth to be self evident :-)

the 16th Amendment...now there's a lie told well.

Exactly right, J Carlton.

We have been born into a world of delusion -- and anyone who challenges our prejudices and superstitions is considered a threat. It is dangerous to be right when the majority is wrong...

May have been humor at one time. Now it is just real. No longer funny.

Especially possible with the corrupt in government. Problem is no one really wants to know the truth; falsity is preferred if it helps one to sleep better and government knows it.

It seems to reflect whats going on in our town halls recently. Now, did Richard III kill the two Princes? Its like if you tell (or hear) a lie enough times it becomes the truth

Sometimes the myth is more powerful and useful than the truth. Of course the myth is not necessarily a lie, but a "truth" well told.