Do not be taken in by the idea that it is all right to lie if you want to protect your career. The end never justifies the means. Your personal integrity is your most precious possession. No one can take it from you. If we learn anything from the White House scandal it is that personal character does count.
Integrity is important.
No matter what else you hear from the spin doctors who are paid to twist the truth and make a lie seem credible, the truth is important. It is so important that Jesus calls himself the Truth. Language was meant to communicate. Only in communicating the truth can we ever expect to build a good and just society. Nothing so hurts a family, a friendship or a nation as the knowledge that the person who is speaking to you is not telling the truth.