I wish I could be as saguine.

Small article, or report of a talk I suppose, In his own words: Ben Bradlee on liars, about truth telling. As I said in the subject, I am not sanguine about ultimate truth telling     "In a democracy, the truth emerges — sometimes it takes years —      and that is how the system is supposed to work and eventually      strengthen itself.      I take great strength from that now, knowing that in my experience,      the truth does emerge. It takes forever sometimes, but it does emerge.

I think that what Buchwald said is truer: You Can Fool All the People All the Time.