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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The word "politics" is derived from the word "poly", meaning 'many', and the word 'ticks', meaning 'blood sucking parasites'.
The word "politics" is derived from the word "poly", meaning 'many', and the word 'ticks', meaning 'blood sucking parasites'.
Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.
Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.
Politics is a pendulum whose swings between anarchy and tyranny are fueled by perpetually rejuvenated illusions.
Politics is a pendulum whose swings between anarchy and tyranny are fueled by perpetually rejuvenated illusions.
Let it alone. Let it pass by.
[Lat., Laissez faire, laissez passer.]
Let it alone. Let it pass by.
[Lat., Laissez faire, laissez passer.]
Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it whether it exists or not, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying read more
Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it whether it exists or not, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedy.
Nobody has a more sacred obligation to obey the law than those who make the law
Nobody has a more sacred obligation to obey the law than those who make the law
A propagandist is a specialist in selling attitudes and opinions.
A propagandist is a specialist in selling attitudes and opinions.
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.
If you're not a liberal at twenty you have no heart, if you're not a conservative at forty you have read more
If you're not a liberal at twenty you have no heart, if you're not a conservative at forty you have no brain.
