Joseph Goebbels Quotes

You don't tell deliberate lies, but sometimes you have to be evasive.

And if, to be sure, sometimes you need to conceal a fact with words, do it in such a way that it does not become known, or, if it does become known, that you have a ready and quick defense.

He must be able to mystify his officers and men by false reports and appearances, and thus keep them in total ignorance.

The French probably invented the very notion of discretion. It's not that they feel that what you don't know won't hurt you; they feel that what you don't know won't hurt them. To the French lying is simply talking.

I’ll lie as much as the next guy when my country’s interests are involved—if I have a chance of being believed..

The character and repute of President Kennedy constitute one of our greatest national resources. Nothing should be done to jeopardize this invaluable asset. When lies must be told, they should be told by subordinate officials.

Politics: the art of appearing candid and completely open while concealing as much as possible.

There are some things I don’t tell the President. It’s better if he doesn’t know.

You can probably forgive the top spy for lying about spying. Lying is part of the job description. It’s what spies do.

The practice of politics in the East may be defined by one word: dissimulation

It is sometimes necessary to lie damnably in the interest of the country.

Abraham Lincoln is the most shut-mouthed man who ever lived. He always tells only enough of his plans and purpose to induce the belief that he had communicated all.

As president, I'm not supposed to play games or show my hand, because there's a lot going on behind the scenes that you don't see or hear and don't need to know.

Don't let anyone be close to how good you are, no matter what the division is - one, two or three. It doesn't matter, everyone plays football. It doesn't matter who the competition is.

In politics things change, in politics timing is important, and in politics, how I move, I don't tell you.

I don't let the left hand know what the right hand is doing.

There's nothing effective against Trump. Trump is Trump. Trump is going to lie. Trump is going to act the way he's acting. No amount of reason, no amount of criticism, no amount of anything is going to work to change Trump's behavior. Putin is exactly the same way.

Occasionally words must serve to veil the facts. But let this happen in such a way that no one become aware of it; or, if it should be noticed, excuses must be at hand to be produced immediately.

Tell all the Truth, but tell it slant/Success in Circuit lies.

See?" Fezzik pointed then. Far down, at the very bottom of the mountain path, the man in black could be seen running. "Inigo is beaten." Inconceivable!" exploded the Sicilian. Fezzik never dared disagree with the hunchback. "I'm so stupid," Fezzik nodded. "Inigo has not lost to the man in black, he has defeated him. And to prove it he has put on all the man in black's clothes and masks and hoods and boots and gained eighty pounds.

It is in disputes as in armies, where the weaker side sets up false lights, and makes a great noise, to make the enemy believe them more numerous and strong than they really are.

It is a principle of diplomacy that one must know something of the truth in order to lie convincingly.

The real secret about diplomats is that we're trained to say something, when there is nothing to say, and to say nothing when there is something to say.

A woman only obliges a man to secrecy, that she may have the pleasure of telling herself.

I suppose [...] that the most convincing way to fool an enemy would be to fool a friend.