“This constant lying is not aimed at
making the people believe a lie, but
at ensuring that no one believes
anything anymore. A people that can no longer distinguish
between truth and lies cannot distinguish
between right and wrong. And such a people, deprived of the power
to think and judge, is, without knowing
and willing it, completely subjected to
the rule of lies. With such a people, you can do whatever
you want.”; —Hannah Arendt,
German historian and philosopher (1906–1975)