“The technique of the big lie consists of two things. It consists first of making a charge against one’s opponents which is frightening and horrible and so extreme that nobody could believe that a decent person would make it if it were not true. Hitler explained this very clearly. He said that if a lie is bold enough people will think there is some truth in it because it would never occur to them in their own experience, to lie on such an exaggerated scale. The second part of the big lie technique is to keep repeating the lie over and over again, ignoring all proof to the contrary.”
-Harry Truman, 1952
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