Connection: Marlow and Presidents

We may not like to think about it.
For some of us, it's motivation to become honest leaders.
But whether we like it or not, some people, be they on a mission (Marlow) or trying to govern a people (a President) will lie or hide actual facts from the people they are trying to serve in order to keep them calm, or feel significant, or endevour to guide their emotions at an enemy.
Marlow teels the intendent that Kurtz's last words were her name.
Leaders tell us that there is less to be worried about than we think, or make us think that there is more to be worried about than there actually is. And other things, mostly, one would think, under the assumotion that it's better for the public to hear a lie.
Be it from Marlow or "The government, man!", people tell us things that are untruthful, "for the best".
We all know this, and of course it can be seen as a good thing, depending on the circumstances, but lying is something that goes on everyday. Lying is something that, no matter what the intention, causes a cycle of misinformation, and of fighting for something that is untrue, and plain. Simple. Abject. Fighting. Wrongdoings against others, because many people are not of a forgiving nature. A lie can cover up a conflict that's been going on for years, caused by another lie, and a lie can cover up the horrible things one has done for he sake of comforting one individual who could now go on to live life as a lie, and have their entire perception about their to-be love affect their every decision and self-understanding throughout the future.
Evidently, we are not all bound to make these choices. Some of us know that lying, as a principal, will only further a cycle of lies, and stand against a principle of truth and trustworthiness. I was wathcing a film last night called Apaloosa, in which a woman and a man she was trying to court (and who was also very interested in her) asked the man, "You don't lie?"
"Whyever would I need to?"
"Well...everyone lies"
"And what purpose does that serve? I'd just as much assume tell a man the truth."
"What about a woman?"
"I've never told a woman anything"
That last bit was just for kicks and giggles, but it was a part of the dialogue.
Anyway, as we enter a new age where the president has promised to uphold honesty of his dealings and actions with the public, but we can never truly be sure, only hope