Richard von Mises (1883–1953) Austrian physicist and mathematician
First Lecture, The Definition of Probability, p. 10
Probability, Statistics And Truth - Second Revised English Edition - (1957)
“The great masses of people will more easily fall victims to a big lie than to a small one. Especially if it is repeated again and again.”
This misquote could possibly have two possible sources: an abridged version of a paragraph in Mein Kampf regarding the Big Lie, or a report by the United States Office of Strategic Services about Hitler's psychological profile http://www.nizkor.org/hweb/people/h/hitler-adolf/oss-papers/text/oss-profile-03-02.html. The second version is very close to an actual quote by Joseph Goebbels. <br class="br">Misattributed <br class="br">Variant: The bigger/more blatant a lie, the more people will believe it.
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Adolf Hitler (1889–1945) Führer and Reich Chancellor of Germany, Leader of the Nazi Party
Speech in Berlin (1 May 1936), quoted in The Times (26 September 1939), p. 10
1930s
“We again repeat, that there is no temper so communicative as an imaginative one.”
Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802–1838) English poet and novelist
Heath's book of Beauty, 1833 (1832)
“Never again will I repeat myself
Enough is never enough
Never again will I repeat myself.”
Josh Homme (1973) American musician
"I'm Designer", Era Vulgaris (2007)
Lyrics, Queens of the Stone Age
“I'm a flawed character… I viewed this situation as one big lie that I repeated a lot of times.”
Lance Armstrong (1971) professional cyclist from the USA
Lance Armstrong Admits to Doping, 'One Big Lie' http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323468604578248582288523660.html, as reported in the Wall Street Journal, January 18, 2013.
“Life is more or less a lie, but then again, that's exactly the way we want it to be.”
Bob Dylan (1941) American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and artist
Henri Barbusse (1873–1935) French novelist
Light (1919), Ch. XVI - De Profundis Clamavi
Context: War will come again after this one. It will come again as long as it can be determined by people other than those who fight. The same causes will produce the same effects, and the living will have to give up all hope.