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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It is a condition which confronts us--not a theory.
It is a condition which confronts us--not a theory.
Politics has become so expensive that it takes a lot of money even to be defeated.
Politics has become so expensive that it takes a lot of money even to be defeated.
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.
Men say I am a saint losing himself in politics. The fact is that I am a politician trying my read more
Men say I am a saint losing himself in politics. The fact is that I am a politician trying my hardest to become a saint.
Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.
Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.
I am of the opinion which you have always held, that "viva voce"
voting at elections is the best read more
I am of the opinion which you have always held, that "viva voce"
voting at elections is the best method.
[Lat., Nam ego in ista sum sententia, qua te fuisse semper scio,
nihil ut feurit in suffragiis voce melius.]
In politics nothing is contemptible.
In politics nothing is contemptible.
The Duty of an Opposition is to oppose.
The Duty of an Opposition is to oppose.
Propaganda must not serve the truth, especially insofar as it might bring out something favorable for the opponent.
Propaganda must not serve the truth, especially insofar as it might bring out something favorable for the opponent.
