"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 becomes the greatest enemy of the State"
[Dr. Joseph M. Goebbels]
"We have about 60% of the world's wealth but only 6.3% of it's population. In this situation we cannot fail to be the object of envy and resentment. Our real task in the coming period is to devise a pattern of relationships which will permit us to maintain this position of disparity. We need not deceive ourselves that we can afford today the luxury of altruism and world benefaction. We should cease to talk about such vague and unreal objectives as human rights, the raising of living standards and democratisation. The day is not far off when we are going to have to deal in straight power concepts. The less we are then hampered by idealistic slogans, the better."
[George Kennan, former Head of the US State Department Policy Planning Staff, Document PPS23, 24th February 1948]
"A prendre le terme dans la rigueur de l'acception, il n'a jamais existe de veritable democratie, et il n'en existera jamais".
Translation: "In the strict sense of the term, a true democracy has never existed and will never exist"
[source: John Jacques Rousseau, (The Social Contract), 1762]
I came to America because of the great, great freedom which I heard existed in this country. I made a mistake in selecting America as a land of freedom, a mistake I cannot repair in the balance of my lifetime.
