THE BIG LIE

“In the big lie there is always a certain force of credibility;
because the broad masses of a nation are always more easily corrupted in the
deeper strata of their emotional nature than consciously or voluntarily; and
thus in the primitive simplicity of their minds they more readily fall victims
to the big lie than the small lie, since they themselves often tell small lies
in little matters but would be ashamed to resort to large-scale falsehoods. It
would never come into their heads to fabricate colossal untruths, and they would
not believe that others could have the impudence to distort the truth so
infamously.

Even though the facts which prove this to be so may be brought
clearly to their minds, they will still doubt and waver and will continue to
think that there may be some other explanation. For the grossly impudent lie
always leaves traces behind it, even after it has been nailed down, a fact which
is known to all expert liars in this world and to all who conspire together in
the art of lying. These people know only too well how to use falsehood for the
basest purposes.”

-ADOLPH HITLER, 1925