hint: His ideas are being used today in America!
“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.”
2007-03-10 17:36:38 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Well they always say history repeats. I don't know who said that though.
2007-03-10 17:51:29 · update #1
There are plenty of parallels that the Bush Regime has to the Hitler Regime
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssY3lE9FGXw
2007-03-10 18:25:12 · update #2
Its rather like what Bush said but he didn't say it as well.
Bush said, "See, in my line of work you got to keep repeating things over and over and over again for the truth to sink in, to kind of catapult the propaganda."
--George w. Bush
Greece, NY
05/24/2005
"catapult the propaganda" is another way of saying "slinging the bullstuff"
Actually Joseph Goebbels said it first
anthonyinkc, this is yahoo answers. 'right' has nothing to do with it :)
2007-03-10 17:38:26 · answer #1 · answered by Ferret 5 · 3⤊ 4⤋
Joseph Goebbels
2007-03-10 17:39:39 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋
Josef Goebbels
2007-03-10 17:41:33 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
Why is that Bo-Dean
"Propaganda machines are dangerous, even more so in a democracy than in a totalitarian regime, because their goal is to confuse, disinform, lie, raise fear and manipulate the opinions of the people."
2007-03-10 17:54:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've read 'The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich'.
I'm aware of many similarities with the Bush regime, including exact quotes such as ' I now have political capital'.
2007-03-10 17:42:02 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
Paul Joseph Goebbels, Hitler's top propoganda minister.
Ok, I knew it was one of Hitlers henchman but I googled.
Shame on me.
2007-03-10 17:49:39 · answer #6 · answered by Lance 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Not sure who originated the quote, but the theory is in common usage through the political arena.
2007-03-10 17:39:24 · answer #7 · answered by coragryph 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
That would be Joseph Goebbels
2007-03-10 17:40:54 · answer #8 · answered by libra27 2 · 5⤊ 0⤋
I'm gonna say either Hitler or Stalin...possibly Lenin. But if you think you can make a valid comparison between them and Bush...you're nuts.
2007-03-10 17:44:48 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
Adolph Hitler.....and many politicians continue to live by those words.
10 points. I don't know why I'm getting thumbs down...because I am right!!
2007-03-10 17:38:58 · answer #10 · answered by Villain 6 · 4⤊ 2⤋