Ben Carson (1951) 17th and current United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; American neurosurgeon
“If you hear nonsense like that often enough for long enough, you begin to believe it.”
Source: Parable of the Talents (1998), Chapter 15 (p. 291)
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Joseph Goebbels (1897–1945) Nazi politician and Propaganda Minister
Compare sourced quote set forth above: "The English follow the principle that when one lies, it should be a big lie, and one should stick to it." <br class="br">Attributed to Goebbels in Publications Relating to Various Aspects of Communism http://books.google.com/books?id=iLAnAQAAMAAJ&q=%22If+you+repeat+a+lie+often+enough,+people+will+believe+it.%22&dq=%22If+you+repeat+a+lie+often+enough,+people+will+believe+it.%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=U4gPUvObG4qMyQHlhYAw&ved=0CGQQ6AEwCQ (1946), by United States Congress, House Committee on Un-American Activities. No reliable source has been located, and this is probably simply a further variation of the Big Lie idea. <br class="br">Variants: <br class="br">If you repeat a lie often enough, people will believe it. <br class="br">If you repeat a lie often enough, it becomes the truth. <br class="br">If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. <br class="br">If you repeat a lie long enough, it becomes truth. <br class="br">If you repeat a lie many times, people are bound to start believing it. <br class="br">Attributed in The Sack of Rome (2006) by Alexander Stille, p. 14, and also attributed in A World Without Walls: Freedom, Development, Free Trade and Global Governance (2003) by Mike Moore, p. 63. <br class="br">Misattributed
“You do good work for a long-enough time, I believed, and you'd get noticed.”
Yanni (1954) Greek pianist, keyboardist, composer, and music producer
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“If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed.”
Adolf Hitler (1889–1945) Führer and Reich Chancellor of Germany, Leader of the Nazi Party
“Facts are like cows. If you look them in the face long enough, they generally run away.”
Dorothy L. Sayers (1893–1957) English crime writer, playwright, essayist and Christian writer
“The ideal home: big enough for you to hear the children, but not very well.”
Mignon McLaughlin (1913–1983) American journalist
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“If people stand in a circle long enough, they'll eventually begin to dance.”
George Carlin (1937–2008) American stand-up comedian
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