Terry PratchettAnyway, why would you trust anything written down? She certainly didn't trust "Mothers of Borogravia! " and that was from the government. And if you couldn't trust the government, who could you trust? Very nearly everyone, come to think of it...
About This Quote
This quote is meant to imply that you can’t trust anything written down, even official documents. It is also a reference to the book “Mothers of Borogravia!” in which the original Mother is quoted as saying that the government was lying and that they should trust them. This quote refers to how we often believe what we see in the media rather than what we hear from our own teachers and parents.
Source: Monstrous Regiment
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