There is power in righteousness. There is weakness in deception. Two Rules of Righteousness rule your righteous path to power.

Rule Zero. Avoid alliteration. (Rule Zero is not included in the two Rules of Righteousness.)

Rule One: Only the exact, grammatical, interpretation of a statement can be used in the determination of a lie.
Rule Two: Honesty is righteous, unless it’s inconvenient.

Rule Two is powerful—too powerful. Rule Two is only to be used as a last resort. Those who resort to Rule Two, and consistently deem honesty as inconvenient, are those who have already lost power. They are liars. Liars do not have power. Liars are weak. Liars will lose power. It is inevitable. Remember this.

Until Rule One is thoroughly understood, Rule Two is useless. Therefore, we will examine Rule One first and in detail.

One of the following statements is a lie.

Statement 1: I did not have sexual relations with that woman. Miss Lewinski.
Statement 2: The sky is blue.

For some of you physics people, it is probably easy. Statement 2 is a lie. The sky is not blue. It appears blue, and only during the day and only on sunny days. At night the sky is some shade between gray and black. Sometimes it is filled with sparkles. “Is” is—can be—a very tricky word.

The first statement is not a lie. It may not be true, in the exact, grammatical, sense—but it is not a lie. First, the definition of sexual relations is open to interpretation. Also, the inflection of the statement helps change the meaning. Is it a hard stop, meaning a period, or is it a comma, which would mean that Miss Lewinski is that woman. There is too much wiggle room for that statement to be a lie.

How can you use Honest Rule Number One? Primarily it will help reinforce your feeling of righteousness. Not only will you be standing on the top step of the purity, but also you will feel it. You will feel more confident. You will feel a touch of bliss, because you will have solidified the foundation of your power.

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