| Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. | | | |
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| | | NUMBER: | 1083 |
| AUTHOR: | Arthur Sylvester (1901 ) |
| QUOTATION: | I think the inherent right of the Government to lie to save itself when faced with nuclear disaster is basic. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | ARTHUR SYLVESTER, assistant secretary of defense, speech at a meeting of the New York chapter of Sigma Delta Chi, New York City, December 6, 1962, as reported by The Washington Post, December 7, 1962, p. A2. |
| SUBJECTS: | Lies | | |
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