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“It seems that the lies in our culture are about as thick as mosquitoes in northern Michigan in the middle of June. But just like mosquitoes, even though they bite they don’t live long.”

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“We cannot know the truth but we can pretend that we know. And this is lying. Lying fills all our life. People pretend that they know all sorts of things: about God, about the future life, about the universe, about the origin of man, about evolution, about everything; but in reality they do not know anything, even about themselves. And every time they speak about something they do not know as though they knew it, they lie.”

“Die wohl größte Lüge war die Antwort `Gut` auf die Frage `Wie geht es dir? ` Für manche eine Floskel, für andere eine ernst gemeinte Erkundigung. Wie sollte man auch auf solch eine simple Frage seine tiefsten Gedanken und Gefühle formulieren? Wann hast du das letzte Mal geweint und warum? Welcher Gedanke belastet dich momentan? Welches Ereignis würdest du als das Schlimmste deines Lebens betiteln und inwiefern beeinflusst es dich noch heute? Auf diese würde ich zumindest antworten.”

“I complain about the United States not being Athens. I certainly say we are a very good Roman republic, and the lies are based upon the most advanced techniques of advertising, which is the only art form my country has ever created—the television commercial—and we sell soap and presidents in the same fashion. Once a country is habituated to liars, it takes generations to bring the truth back.”