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.
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We have made the Reich by propaganda
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Politics, n: Poly "many" + tics "blood-sucking parasites"
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Practical politics consists in ignoring facts.
Practical politics consists in ignoring facts.
Naturally the common people don't want war; neither in Russia, nor in England, nor in America, nor in Germany. That read more
Naturally the common people don't want war; neither in Russia, nor in England, nor in America, nor in Germany. That is understood. But after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.
Anyone who says they are not interested in politics is like a drowning man who insists he is not interested read more
Anyone who says they are not interested in politics is like a drowning man who insists he is not interested in water
You had that action and counteraction which, in the natural and
in the political world, from the reciprocal struggle read more
You had that action and counteraction which, in the natural and
in the political world, from the reciprocal struggle of
discordant powers draws out the harmony of the universe.
"If the terriers and bariffs are torn down, this economy will grow.
"If the terriers and bariffs are torn down, this economy will grow.
Sometimes I wonder if we shall ever grow up in our politics and say definite things which mean something, or read more
Sometimes I wonder if we shall ever grow up in our politics and say definite things which mean something, or whether we shall always go on using generalities to which everyone can subscribe, and which mean very little.
The White Plume of Navarre.
The White Plume of Navarre.
