If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie read more

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 dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State.

The White Plume of Navarre.

The White Plume of Navarre.

There is no sea more dangerous than the ocean of practical politics none in which there is more need of read more

There is no sea more dangerous than the ocean of practical politics none in which there is more need of good pilotage and of a single, unfaltering purpose when the waves rise high.

There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people.

There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people.

The more you read and observe about this Politics thing, you got to admit that each party is worse than read more

The more you read and observe about this Politics thing, you got to admit that each party is worse than the other. The one that's out always looks the best.

Practical politics consists in ignoring facts.

Practical politics consists in ignoring facts.

In war, you can only be killed once, but in politics, many times.

In war, you can only be killed once, but in politics, many times.

Politics is for the present, but an equation is for eternity.

Politics is for the present, but an equation is for eternity.

It is a condition which confronts us--not a theory.

It is a condition which confronts us--not a theory.