lies, lies, and more lies!

He who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it a second and third time, till at length it becomes habitual.
- Thomas Jefferson

One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we've been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. The bamboozle has captured us. Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back.
- Carl Sagan

Lying is done with words and also with silence.
- Adrienne Rich