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Adolf Hitler1 quote
The great masses of the people...more easily fall a victim to a big lie than to a little one. — Adolf Hitler · 1925George Eliot1 quote
An election is coming. Universal peace is declared, and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry. — George Eliot · 1866George Orwell1 quote
Political language—and with variations this is true of all political parties, from Conservatives to Anarchists—is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind. — George Orwell · 1946George Savile, Lord Halifax1 quote
A known liar should be outlawed in a well-ordered government. — George Savile, Lord Halifax · 1750H.L. Mencken1 quote
The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary. — H.L. Mencken · 1918John Gay1 quote
That politician tops his part,
Who readily can lie with art. — John Gay · 1732Socrates1 quote
How, then, might we contrive... One noble lie to persuade if possible the rulers themselves, but failing that the rest of the city? — Socrates · 375 BC