“When you tell a lie often enough, you become unable to distinguish it from the truth.”

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Canadian clinical psychologist, cultural critic, and profes… 1962

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If you repeat a lie often enough, people will believe it.
If you repeat a lie often enough, it becomes the truth.
If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it.
If you repeat a lie long enough, it becomes truth.
If you repeat a lie many times, people are bound to start believing it.
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