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Old 12-10-2021, 11:47 PM   #130 (permalink)
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Joseph Goebbels. "If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress ...
There is probably a quote from the Greeks.

"A lie can travel around the world and back again while the truth is lacing up its boots."—Mark Twain.

"Falsehood flies, and the Truth comes limping after it.". —Jonathan Swift
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