The great masses of the people...more easily fall a victim to a big lie than to a little one.

Adolf Hitler

Mein Kampf

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Topic

Disinformation Politics and lies Politics The masses

Author

Adolf Hitler

Source

Mein Kampf

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

German

Time

1925 1920s 20th century

Occupation

Dictator National leader Politician

From

Austria Europe

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Citation

Hitler, Adolf. Mein Kampf [My Struggle]. Vol. 1, Franz Eher Nachfolger GmbH, 1925, ch. 6.

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Time
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A state without some means of change is without the means of its own conservation.

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Reflections on the Revolution in France

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Edmund Burke
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Reflections on the Revolution in France
Genre
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Language
English
Time
1790 1790s 18th century
Era
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Burke, Edmund. Reflections on the Revolution in France. London: James Dodsley, 1790.

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Life always gets harder toward the summit-the cold increases, responsibility increases.

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Friedrich Nietzsche
Source
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Genre
Philosophical literature
Statement Type
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Time
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Nietzsche, Friedrich. Der Antichrist [The Antichrist]. 1895, no. 57.

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