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This is no plea that lies should not be used in war-time, but a demonstration of how lies must be used in war-time. If the truth were told from the outset, there would be no reason and no will for war.

— Arthur Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede Falsehood in Wartime (1928)

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