Honesty

The sixth principle of political life is honesty. To this point, I have been discussing flaws in a series of idealistic principles and giving my take in how to improve them. This principle needs no improvement; politicians should be honest in their financial dealings; honest in their policy discussions (don’t let ideology blind you to the flaws in a proposal) and honest when talking about their personal life.

However, there is a fundamental rule of politics, which I like to formulate this way:...