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“Today the discredit of words is very great. Most of the time the media transmit lies. In the face of an intolerable world, words appear to change very little. State power has become congenitally deaf, which is why but the editorialists forget it terrorists are reduced to bombs and hijacking.”

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John Berger

John Berger, born on November 5, 1926 and died on January 2, 2017, was a renowned British art critic and writer. His work spanned across various fields including painting, photography, and literature, known for his unique perspective and profound insights. more

“The only stuff we looked at were incidents for which there are a paper trail ... (and) everything we looked up was full of lies. (Winfrey said) the belief this book is changing the lives of people trumps the fact that maybe the story is a fake. You would expect somebody in her position would take the ethical stand.”

People Said Book Facts Stories Lying Belief Stuff Position Trump Paper Fake Deceit Ethical Trails Incidents

Author:William Bastone

“The kind of evidence that was put before the jurors led to less-than-rational decision-making. I think that juries are composed of good people who can be misled.”

People Thinking Kind Lying Decision Evidence Rational Deceit Decision Making Good People Jury Misled Jurors Rational Decisions

Author:Kenneth C. Frazier

“Out of abysses of Illiteracy, Through labyrinths of Lies, Across wastelands of Disease . . . We advance Out of dead-ends of Poverty, Through wilderness of Superstition, Across barricades of Jim Crowism . . . We advance.”

Ends Lying Poverty Disease Deceit Wilderness Superstitions Abyss Labyrinth Dead Ends Illiteracy Jim Crow Wasteland Barricades

Author:Melvin B. Tolson

“If, in the present chaotic and shameful struggle for existence, when organized society offers a premium on greed, cruelty, and deceit, men can be found who stand aloof and almost alone in their determination to work for good rather than gold”

Ifs Men Lying Found Existence Struggle Offers Determination Gold Greed Cruelty Organized Deceit Chaotic Shameful Aloof Premium Struggle For Existence

Author:Lucy Parsons

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