Estava a falar do Tony Blair mas bem podia ser o Sócrates

"It is not so much that he is economical with the truth as that he lacks the normal understanding of it.(...) The result was that whereas in the past lies were an intermittent feature of government, under his leadership they became integral to its functionings". John Gray in Black Mass.

Os meus agradecimentos ao comentador que me indicou o livro, num post algures perdido nos arquivos desta chafarica.