John le Carre Quotes about Lying

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By repetition, each lie becomes an irreversible fact upon which other lies are constructed.

By repetition, each lie becomes an irreversible fact upon which other lies are constructed.

John le Carre

Lying, Facts, Repetition

John le Carre (2004). “Absolute Friends”, p.132, Hachette UK

The greatest threat to mankind comes from the renunciation of individual scruple in favor of institutional denominators. . . . Real heroism lies, as it always will, not in conformity or even patriotism, but in acts of solitary moral courage. Which, come to think of it, is what we used to admire in our Christian savior

John le Carre

Christian, Real, Lying

As our Governments spin, lie and lose their credibility, the electorate simply shrugs and looks the other way.

John le Carre

Lying, Government, Looks

"British Novelist John le Carré on the Iraq War, Corporate Power, the Exploitation of Africa and His New Novel, “Our Kind of Traitor”"". "Democracy Now!" with Amy Goodman, www.democracynow.org. November 25, 2010.

We lie to one another every day, in the sweetest way, often unconsciously. We dress ourselves and compose ourselves in order to present ourselves to one another.

John le Carre

Fake People, Lying, Reality