An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation,

nor does truth become error because nobody sees it: Mohandas Gandhi
In the democracy of the dead all men at last are equal. There is
neither rank nor station nor prerogative in the republic of the
grave: ohn ames Ingalls
!The "ational Government #ill regard it as its first and foremost
duty to revive in the nation the spirit of unity and cooperation. It
#ill preserve and defend those basic principles on #hich our nation
has been built. It regards $hristianity as the foundation of our
national morality, and the family as the basis of national life.!
Adolph %itler, My "e# &orld 'rder,
(roclamation to the German "ation at )erlin, *ebruary +, +,--
!The modern conservative is engaged in one of man.s oldest e/ercises
in moral philosophy: that is the search for a superior moral
0ustification for selfishness.1: ohn 2enneth Galbraith
!The most brilliant propagandist technique #ill yield no success
unless one fundamental principle is borne in mind constantly...it
must confine itself to a fe# points and repeat them over and over.!:
oseph Goebbels, "a3i (ropaganda Minister
*irst they came for the $ommunists, and I didn4t speak up, because I
#asn4t a $ommunist.
Then they came for the e#s, and I didn4t speak up, because I #asn4t
a e#.
Then they came for the $atholics, and I didn4t speak up, because I
#as a (rotestant.
Then they came for me, and by that time there #as no one left to
speak up for me.
5(astor Martin "eimoller: $oncentration camp 6urvivor
!I s#ore never to be silent #henever human beings endure suffering
and humiliation. &e must al#ays take sides. "eutrality helps the
oppressor, never the victim. 6ilence encourages the tormentor, never
the tormented.! 7 8lie &eisel
!&ar: a massacre of people #ho don.t kno# each other for the profit
of people #ho kno# each other but don.t massacre each other! (aul
9alery quotes :*rench poet, essayist and critic, +;<+5+,=>?
The @oots of 9iolence: &ealth #ithout #ork, (leasure #ithout
conscience, 2no#ledge #ithout character, $ommerce #ithout morality,
6cience #ithout humanity, &orship #ithout sacrifice, (olitics #ithout
principles: Mahatma Gandhi: Indian leader, +;A,5+,=;
The degree of civili3ation in a society can be 0udged by entering its
prisons: *yodor Bostoyevsky: @ussian novelist, +;C+5+;;+
!&e kill at every step, not only in #ars, riots, and e/ecutions. &e
kill #hen #e close our eyes to poverty, suffering, and shame. In the
same #ay all disrespect for life, all hard5heartedness, all
indifference, all contempt is nothing else than killing. &ith 0ust a
little #itty skepticism #e can kill a good deal of the future in a
young person. Dife is #aiting every#here, the future is flo#ering
every#here, but #e only see a small part of it and step on much of it
#ith our feet.! : 5 %ermann %esse, German poet and novelist.
!It.s not a matter of #hat is true that counts but a matter of #hat
is perceived to be true.! 55%enry 2issinger
God gave the savior to the German people. &e have faith, deep and
unshakeable faith, that he #as sent to us by God to save Germany.
%ermann Goering, speaking of %itler
"obody made a greater mistake than he #ho did nothing because he
could only do a little: 8dmund )urke
!The industrial #ay of life leads to the industrial #ay of death.
*rom 6hiloh to Bachau, from Antietam to 6talingrad, from %iroshima to
9ietnam and Afghanistan, the great specialty of industry and
technology has been the mass production of human corpses.! 58d#ard
Abbey
!A slave is he #ho cannot speak his thoughts.!: 8uripides
ETo plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname
empire, and #here they make a #ilderness, they call it peace.1 :
Tacitus 5 @oman historian 5 c.>>5+CF A.B.
At least t#o thirds of our miseries spring from human stupidity,
human malice and those great motivators and 0ustifiers of malice and
stupidity, idealism, dogmatism and proselyti3ing 3eal on behalf of
religious or political idols: Aldous %u/ley:
!6cientific societies are as yet in their infancy. . . . It is to be
e/pected that advances in physiology and psychology #ill give
governments much more control over individual mentality than they no#
have even in totalitarian countries. *itche laid it do#n that
education should aim at destroying free #ill, so that, after pupils
have left school, they shall be incapable, throughout the rest of
their lives, of thinking or acting other#ise than as their
schoolmasters #ould have #ished. . . !: )ertrand @ussell, !The Impact
of 6cience on 6ociety!, +,>-, pg =,5>F
"ever think that #ar, no matter ho# necessary, nor ho# 0ustified, is
not a crime: 8rnest %eming#ay
It isn.t enough to talk about peace. 'ne must believe in it. And it
isn.t enough to believe in it. 'ne must #ork at it. : 8leanor
@oosevelt
The direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is
generally employed only by small children and large nations: Bavid
*riedman
!If society fits you comfortably enough, you call it freedom.!:
@obert *rost
&e have made the @eich by propaganda: oseph (aul Goebbels
!I #ould like to thank (rovidence and the Almighty for choosing me of
all people to be allo#ed to #age this battle for Germany,! %itler 5
)erlin March, +,-A
!"ever in these long years have #e offered any other prayer but this:
Dord, grant to our people peace at home, and grant and preserve to
them peace from the foreign foeG! : %itler 5 "uremberg 6ept. +-,
+,-A.
"ot as tyrants have #e come, but as liberators: Adolf %itler, +,-;
An evil e/ists that threatens every man, #oman, and child of this
great nation. &e must take steps to ensure our domestic security and
protect our homeland: Adolph %itler: In +,--, %itler used the burning
of the @eichstag as a prete/t to push through emergency decrees
suspending the basic civil liberties of German citi3ens. The
!emergency! decrees remained in effect until the fall of the Third
@eich in +,=>.
The #hole problem #ith the #orld is that fools and fanatics are
al#ays so certain of themselves, and #iser people so full of doubts.
)ertrand @ussell, philosopher, mathematician, author, "obel laureate
:+;<C5+,<F?
!If you think of yourselves as helpless and ineffectual, it is
certain that you #ill create a despotic government to be your master.
The #ise despot, therefore, maintains among his sub0ects a popular
sense that they are helpless and ineffectual.!: *rank %erbert
!And so long as they #ere at #ar, their po#er #as preserved, but #hen
they had attained empire they fell, for of the arts of peace they
kne# nothing, and had never engaged in any employment higher than
#ar.! Aristotle, (olitics
!'ne of the #orld.s greatest problems is the impossibility of any
person searching for the truth on any sub0ect #hen they believe they
already have it.! 55Bave &ilbur
!The essence of oligarchical rule is not father5to5son inheritance,
but the persistence of a certain #orld5vie# and a certain #ay of life
... A ruling group is a ruling group so long as it can nominate its
successors... &ho #ields po#er is not important, provided that the
hierarchical structure remains al#ays the same.!: George 'r#ell, +,;=
!This so5called ill treatment and torture in detention centers,
stories of #hich #ere spread every#here among the people, and later
by the prisoners #ho #ere freed H #ere not, as some assumed,
inflicted methodically, but #ere e/cesses committed by individual
prison guards, their deputies, and men #ho laid violent hands on the
detainees.!: @udolf %oess, the 66 commandant at Ausch#it3.
!8very +F years or so, the I6 needs to pick up some small, crappy
little country and thro# it against the #all, 0ust to sho# the #orld
#e mean business.!: 5
Michael Dedeen
Intil lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall al#ays
glorify the hunters: African (roverb
The price of apathy to#ards public affairs is to be ruled by evil
men: (lato
!The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.! 55 'scar
&ilde
In the eyes of empire builders men are not men but instruments:
"apoleon )onaparte: *rench 8mperor :+<A,5+;C+?
!&e can easily forgive a child #ho is afraid of the darkJ the real
tragedy of life is #hen men are afraid of the light.! 5 (lato
!*e# men have virtue to #ithstand the highest bidder !: George
&ashington
!If those in charge of our society 5 politicians, corporate
e/ecutives, and o#ners of press and television 5 can dominate our
ideas, they #ill be secure in their po#er. They #ill not need
soldiers patrolling the streets. &e #ill control ourselves.!: %o#ard
Kinn, historian and author
!The point of public relations slogans like !6upport our troops! is
that they don.t mean anything... That.s the #hole point of good
propaganda. Lou #ant to create a slogan that nobody.s going to be
against, and everybody.s going to be for. "obody kno#s #hat it means,
because it doesn.t mean anything. Its crucial value is that it
diverts your attention from a question that does mean something: Bo
you support our policyM That.s the one you.re not allo#ed to talk
about.!: "oam $homsky
They #rote in the old days that it is s#eet and fitting to die for
one.s country. )ut in modern #ar, there is nothing s#eet nor fitting
in your dying. Lou #ill die like a dog for no good reason: 8rnest
%emming#ay
!*ascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the
merger of state and corporate po#er.! 55 )enito Mussolini
!Individual rights are not sub0ect to a public voteJ a ma0ority has
no right to vote a#ay the rights of a minorityJ the political
function of rights is precisely to protect minorities from oppression
by ma0orities :and the smallest minority on earth is the
individual?.! :Ayn @and?
!A human being is part of a #hole, called by us the .Iniverse,. a
part limited in time and space. %e e/periences himself, his thoughts
and feelings, as something separated from the rest55a kind of optical
delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for
us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a fe#
persons nearest us. 'ur task must be to free ourselves from this
prison by #idening our circles of compassion to embrace all living
creatures and the #hole of nature in its beauty.! :Albert
8instein?
!Ma0ority rule only #orks if you.re also considering individual
rights. )ecause you can.t have five #olves and one sheep voting on
#hat to have for supper.!:Darry *lynt?
!The victor #ill never be asked if he told the truth.!: Adolf %itler
!*alse #ords are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the
soul #ith evil.!: 6ocrates
Today, #hen a concerted effort is made to obliterate this point, it
cannot be repeated too often that the $onstitution is a limitation on
the government, not on private individualsNthat it does not prescribe
the conduct of private individuals, only the conduct of the
governmentNthat it is not a charter for government po#er, but a
charter of the citi3en4s protection against the government: 5Ayn @and
!It is not #hat a la#yer tells me I may doJ but #hat humanity,
reason, and 0ustice tell me I ought to do.!: 8dmund )urke 5 :+<C, 5
+<,<? 6ource: 6econd 6peech on $onciliation, +<<>
A lie told often enough becomes the truth: Denin :+;<F 5 +,C=?
!Men fight for liberty and #in it #ith hard knocks. Their children,
brought up easy, let it slip a#ay again, poor fools. And their grand5
children are once more slaves.!: B. %. Da#rence 5 :+;;>5+,-;?
!I have al#ays thought the actions of men the best interpreters of
their thoughts.! 55ohn Docke
&hat difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the
homeless, #hether the mad destruction is #rought under the name of
totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty and democracyM: Gandhi
"aturally the common people don.t #ant #arJ neither in @ussia, nor in
8ngland, nor in America, nor in Germany. That is understood. )ut
after all, it is the leaders of the country #ho determine policy, and
it is al#ays a simple matter to drag the people along, #hether it is
a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a
communist dictatorship. 9oice or no voice, the people can al#ays 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 e/posing the country to danger.
It #orks the same in any country: %ermann Goering:
!If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people #ill
eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for
such time as the 6tate can shield the people from the political,
economic andOor military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes
vitally important for the 6tate to use all of its po#ers to repress
dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by
e/tension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the 6tate.!: oseph
Goebbels #as born in +;,< and died in +,=>. Goebbels #as %itler4s
Minister of (ropaganda
!Bo not hold the delusion that your advancement is accomplished by
crushing others.!: Marcus Tullius $icero 5 :+FA5=- ).$.? @oman
6tatesman, (hilosopher and 'rator
!The bad thing of #ar is, that it makes more evil people than it can
take a#ay.! : Immanuel 2ant 5 :+<C=5+;F=? German philosopher
Lou.re not to be so blind #ith patriotism that you can.t face
reality. &rong is #rong, no matter #ho does it or says it: Malcolm P
:+,C> 5 +,A>?
!*or the great ma0ority of mankind are satisfied #ith appearances, as
though they #ere realities, and are often more influenced by the
things that seem than by those that are.! : "iccolo Machiavelli 5
:+=A,5+>C<? Italian 6tatesman and (olitical (hilosopher 5 6ource:
Biscourses, +>+-5+>+<
!Good people do not need la#s to tell them to act responsibly, #hile
bad people #ill find a #ay around the la#s.! (lato :=C<5-=< ).$.?
!I think the sub0ect #hich #ill be of most importance politically is
Mass (sychology. ...It.s importance has been enormously Increased by
the gro#th of modern methods of propaganda ... Although this science
#ill be diligently studied, it #ill be rigidly confined to the
governing class. The populace #ill not be allo#ed to kno# ho# its
convictions #ere generated.!: )ertrand @ussell :+;<C5+,<F?
(hilosopher, educator
!"ever argue #ith an idiot, they drag you do#n to their level and
beat you #ith e/perience.!
I thought you said they #ouldn.t charge usG
&hat I said #as: I didn.t think they #ould charge us and #in. And I
still believe that.
Then if they can.t #in, #hat are they doing charging usM
It.s possible, I suppose, their commander disagrees #ith my
assessment...
!The nation that separates its 6cholars from its &arriors #ill have
its thinking done by $o#ards, and its fighting done by *ools.! 7
Thucydides
!The "ation that makes a great distinction bet#een its scholars and
its #arriors #ill have its thinking done by co#ards and its fighting
done by fools! 7 Thucydides
3) Oh, you hate your job? Why didnt you say so? Theres a support group for that.
Its called EVE!"O#!, and they $eet at the bar.%Drew Carey
4) The proble$ &ith the designated dri'er progra$, its not a desirable job, but if
you e'er get suc(ed into doing it, ha'e fun &ith it. )t the end of the night, drop the$
off at the &rong house.%
Jeff Foxworthy
5) If a &o$an has to choose bet&een catching a fly ball and sa'ing an infants life,
she &ill choose to sa'e the infants life &ithout e'en considering if there is a $an on
base.%
Dave Barry
6) elationships are hard. Its li(e a full ti$e job, and &e should treat it li(e one. If
your boyfriend or girlfriend &ants to lea'e you, they should gi'e you t&o &ee(s
notice. There should be se'erance pay, the day before they lea'e you, they should
ha'e to find you a te$p.%Bob Ettinger
7) *y *o$ said she learned ho& to s&i$ &hen so$eone too( her out in the la(e
and thre& her off the boat. I said, +*o$, they &erent trying to teach you ho& to
s&i$.%
Paua Poun!"tone
,- ) study in the Washington .ost says that &o$en ha'e better 'erbal s(ills than
$en. I just &ant to say to the authors of that study/ #uh.%
Conan #$Brien
%) Why does 0ea World ha'e a seafood restaurant?? I$ half&ay through $y fish
burger and I reali1e, Oh $y 2od3. I could be eating a slo& learner.%
&yn!a 'ontgo(ery
)*) I thin( thats ho& 4hicago got started. "unch of people in 5e& !or( said, +2ee,
I$ enjoying the cri$e and the po'erty, but it just isnt cold enough. 6ets go &est.%
+i,har! Jeni
))) If life &ere fair, El'is &ould be ali'e and all the i$personators &ould be dead.%
Johnny Car"on
)-) 0o$eti$es I thin( &ar is 2ods &ay of teaching us geography.%Pau +o!rigue.
)3) *y parents didnt &ant to $o'e to 7lorida , but they turned si8ty and thats the
la&.%Jerry /einfe!
)4) e$e$ber in ele$entary school, you &ere told that in case of fire you ha'e to
line up 9uietly in a single file line fro$ s$allest to tallest. What is the logic in that?
What, do tall people burn slo&er?%0arren 1ut,her"on
)5) "iga$y is ha'ing one &ife:husband too $any. *onoga$y is the sa$e.% #",ar
0i!e
)6) 0uppose you &ere an idiot. )nd suppose you &ere a $e$ber of 4ongress.. "ut I
repeat $yself.%'ar2 3wain
)7) Our bo$bs are s$arter than the a'erage high school student. )t least they can
find )fghanistan%0hitney Brown
)4) !ou can say any foolish thing to a dog, and the dog &ill gi'e you a loo( that
says, +*y 2od, youre right; I ne'er &ould'e thought of that;%Dave Barry
-*) E'erybodys got to belie'e in so$ething. I belie'e Ill ha'e another beer.%05 C5
Fie!"
EAny city gets #hat it admires, #ill pay for, and, ultimately,
deserves. 8ven #hen #e had (enn 6tation, #e couldn4t afford to keep
it clean. &e #ant and deserve tin5can architecture in a tinhorn
culture. And #e #ill probably be 0udged not by the monuments #e build
but by those #e have destroyed.1