Why are leaders liars?

[Shahed]

Why most of the political leaders are liars ? and they proud to be a liar. What if they dont lie ?

[vivek of themavericks]

Not all leaders are liars, because if that was the case, a sensitive country like India would have gone to dogs. This case applies to all countries, but more precisely for India

[ananth]

I think that the appropriate question should be
\" Why are big fat liars our politicians? \"
just a thought.

[Anil]

In a study it was concluded that \'The most convincing liars were the same people who emerged as the leaders of the group.\' A leader steps up onto a very visible pedestal and the price paid to stand there is credibility. A landmark research from Kouzes and Posner -- who have surveyed some 100,000 of the led -- shows unequivocally that \"honesty\" is the number one characteristic that people expect from those they would willingly follow. When a leader lies -- willfully, publicly and repeatedly -- about a matter of personal integrity, he or she surrenders the mantle of leadership and the right to stand upon the pedestal. A leader who unfairly trades on his presumption of integrity violates the sacred trust between himself and those whom he would presume to lead. He cheats himself, his colleagues, and his office, and invalidates the very principle of leadership whereby people freely and willingly follow another. A liar may rule, but he can\'t lead. We do not evaluate a leader simply by job performance alone, even when it\'s stellar. Methods count as much as results. And nothing is more central to effective leadership than preserving the foundation of personal integrity upon which it rests.
(courtesy: http://leadwell.com/)

[mrk]

Because they study in the school oflie.