• At what point do you believe that Watergate became a constitutional crisis for the United?

Referring to political lying in the United States, Common Cause Magazine of May/June 1989 observed: “Watergate and Vietnam certainly rivaled Iran-contra in terms of government deception and public mistrust. The Reagan years such a watershed? Many lied, but few were remorseful.” It is with good reason, therefore, that the common people do not trust their political leaders.
In international relations such leaders find it difficult to trust one another. The Greek philosopher Plato observed: “The rulers of the State . . . may be allowed to lie for the good of the State.” In international relations it is as the Bible prophecy at Daniel 11:27 says: “At one table a lie is what they will keep speaking.
Lies, no matter how innocent they may seem to be, are destructive to good human relationships. The credibility of the liar is shattered, and there may well be a permanent breakdown of trust. Famous essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote: “Every violation of truth is not only a sort of suicide in the liar, but is a stab at the health of human society.”
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