“The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country. - We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of. It is they who pull the wires that control the public mind." (10) Bernays and his CPI co-conspirators portray the American war effort as a holy crusade "to make the world safe for democracy", while at the same time spreading vile hate-filled propaganda directed towards Germany and its Emperor, Wilhelm II.”
― The Bad War: The Truth NEVER Taught About World War II
― The Bad War: The Truth NEVER Taught About World War II
“People make mistakes in life through believing too much, but they have a damned dull time if they believe too little.”
― Lost Horizon
― Lost Horizon
“When a government is dependent upon bankers for money, they and not the leaders of the government control the situation, since the hand that gives is above the hand that takes. Money has no motherland; financiers are without patriotism and without decency; their sole object is gain.”
― Planet Rothschild (Volume 1): The Forbidden History of the New World Order
― Planet Rothschild (Volume 1): The Forbidden History of the New World Order
“The woods hung dark on the hills; above, the sky violet, specked with minute feathery clouds, white as snowflakes.”
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“We lead two lives, and the half of our soul is madness, and half heaven is lit by a black sun. I say I am a man, is the other that hides in me?”
― The White People and Other Stories
― The White People and Other Stories
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