“It is one of the maladies of our age to profess a frenzied allegiance to truth in unimportant matters, to refuse consistently to face her when greater issues are at stake.”– Janos Arany -March 2, 1817—October 22, 1882).

I had never heard of this man but this quotation nails it for our present time, reminds us that this is not the first time this has happened and raises the suspicion in me that it may always be true.

Bio information at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%A1nos_Arany