Lincoln - The virtue of dealing honestly with people

Lincoln was a strong believer in the virtue of dealing honestly with the people. “If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens,” he said to a caller at the White House, “you can never regain their respect and esteem.""It is true that you may fool the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people all the time; but you can’t fool all the people all the time.” (Encyclopedia of Illustrations #2687 by Col. Alexander McClure).