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This is always the danger with propaganda, that it becomes at last more credible to its disseminators than to its targets.

Garry Wills (b. 1934) American author, journalist, historian
The Kennedy Imprisonment: A Meditation on Power, ch. 18 (1981)

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Wills, Garry - The Kennedy Imprisonment: A Meditation on Power, ch. 18 (1981) | WIST Quotations

This is always the danger with propaganda, that it becomes at last more credible to its disseminators than to its targets. Referring to US government efforts in the early 60s to paint Castro's regime in Cuba as weak, eventually leading to the US government itself thinking the regime could be…

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WIST Quotations Has Moved!Jul 31, 2025

A quotation from Moliere

ELMIRE: No, amorous men are gullible. Their conceit
So blinds them that they’re never hard to cheat.

[Non; on est aisément dupé par ce qu’on aime.
Et l’amour-propre engage à se tromper soi-même.]

Molière (1622-1673) French playwright, actor [stage name for Jean-Baptiste Poquelin]
Tartuffe, or the Hypocrite [Le Tartuffe, ou L’Imposteur], Act 4, sc. 3 (1669) [tr. Wilbur (1963)]

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David Bloomberg Oct 27, 2023

When Blue was evicted from #BigBrother25, she pretended to Julie like she saw it coming and & it was because she was so smart & a good player. 🙄 I don’t know who she thinks she’s fooling. 2nd TikTok today: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZPR7v5J3P/

You can also see my thoughts on #BlueKim ’s goodbye as a YouTube Short: https://youtube.com/shorts/KODoWuf8YcI?si=h6cXSDyDKxods0L2

Or Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cy6PhcSRgJ7/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

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David Bloomberg on TikTok

When Blue was evicted from Big Brother 25, she pretended to Julie like she saw it coming and knew it was because she was just so smart and such a good player. 🙄 I don’t know who she thinks she’s fooling. #BB25 #BigBrother25 #BigBrother #WhyXLost #RHAP #RealityTV #TV #TVShow #Blindside #BlueKim #BadStrategy #FoolingYourself #NotFoolingAnyone #Television

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