As ye olde saying goes: Satan is the Father of all lies. But what about his off-spring?
Son:
We’ll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false. - William Casey (CIA) ~ Feb 1981?
Daughter:
With all due respect, the fact is, we had four dead Americans. Was it because of a protest or because of guys out for a walk one night who decide to kill some Americans, what difference at this point does it make? Hillary Clinton (Senator) ~ Jan 2013?
Not relatives of that family:
You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time. – Abraham Lincoln (always thought it was Mark Twain)
No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar. – Abraham Lincoln
Lying is the most fun a woman can have without taking her clothes off. – Natalie Portman
We’re all islands shouting lies to each other across seas of misunderstanding. – Rudyard Kipling
Lie until even you believe it – that’s the real secret of lying – Holly Black
There’s a tipping point with lies, a point where you’ve said something so many times that it feels truer than the truth. – Holly Black (OK, maybe a third cousin??)
The naked truth is always better than the best-dressed lie. – Ann Landers
I’m not upset that you lied to me, I’m upset that from now on I can’t believe you. – Friedrich Nietzsche
Think of those when you watch junk news, especially when they are cheer-leading for or claiming to be The Ministry of Truth.