Let's take a moment.

[tjm]

I think it's paraphrased from Those Who Remain

[snagged in outlet 3]

1 hour ago, tjm said:

I think it's paraphrased from Those Who Remain

I don’t remember where I heard it.  Here’s another one I’ve never forgotten from decades ago.  
 

The boss isn’t always right, but the boss is always the boss.  

[tjm]

Perhaps more pertinent to this thread- some Greek ~500BC said- "in war truth is the first casualty".  In this case, as in Pearl Harbor,  truth may have been sacrificed to justify the starting of  a war. or perhaps- “God is not averse to deceit in a just cause.”