Disciplinary Counsel v. Cicero

{¶ 28} “[H]e who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it a second and a third time, till at length it becomes habitual; he tells lies without attending to it, and truths without the world’s believing him. This falsehood of the tongue leads to that of the heart, and in time depraves all its good *14dispositions.” Thomas Jefferson, Letter to Peter Carr (Aug. 19, 1785), reprinted in 8 The Papers of Thomas Jefferson 406 (1953).

{¶ 29} I must dissent. The panel and board came to the well-founded conclusion that Cicero’s version of events in this matter was wholly incredible.…