When a lie has been embedded in the public consciousness, the truth has a difficult time making itself known.

Deception is mostly a game we play with ourselves.

A lie's true power cannot be accurately measured by the number of people who believe its deception when it is told, it must be measured by the number of people who will go out after hearing it trying to convince others of its truth.

A truth is what it is. A lie, a thought out deception more brutal than a truth could ever be.

It is only prudent never to place complete confidence in that by which we have even once been deceived.

People trust their eyes above all else - but most people see what they wish to see, or what they believe they should see; not what is really there