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• The secret of the demagogue is to make himself as stupid as his audience so that they believe they are as clever as he.
  -- Karl Krau...
• An idea is not responsible for the people who believe in it.
• An idea is not responsible for the people who believe it. -- Don Marqui
• Some lies are so well disguised to resemble truth, that we should be poor judges of the truth not to believe them.
  -- Anon....
• It's hard to believe that something which is neither seen nor felt can do so much harm.
  That's true. But an idea can't be seen or felt. And that's what kept the Troglytes in the mines all these centuries....
• What the hell are you getting so upset about? I thought you didn't believe in God".
  "I don't," she sobbed, bursting violently into tears, "but the God I don't believe in is a good God, a just God, a merciful God....