If the reporter has killed our imagination with his truth, he threatens our life with his lies.

Karl Kraus
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  1. The devil is an optimist if he thinks he can make people worse than they are.

  2. How is the world ruled and led to war? Diplomats lie to journalists and believe these lies when they see them in print.

  3. War: first, one hopes to win; then one expects the enemy to lose; then, one is satisfied that he too is suffering; in the end, one is surprised that everyone has lost.

  4. Democracy means the opportunity to be everyone's slave.

  5. A woman who cannot be ugly is not beautiful.

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