Alex Gibney Quotes

There is nothing that you may not get people to believe in if you will only tell it them loud enough and often enough, till the welkin rings with it.

Politics is not about facts. It is about what politicians can get people to believe.

When it comes to controlling human beings, there is no better instrument than lies. Because you see, humans live by beliefs. And beliefs can be manipulated. The power to manipulate beliefs is the only thing that counts.

I noticed again, too, that he can tell a lie with as straight a face as any man. Probably some of the lies are not lies to him because he believes fanatically the words he is saying.

Let's face it - Donald Trump is a very, very good con man.

People are more likely to believe a big lie than a small one.

I'm not trying to twist people's heads around. I'm not trying to say, "Believe in me."

As Pa said, censorship encouraged people to believe nonsense.

You do not need proof for what people want to believe.

Could I make you believe something that wasn't true?' He studied her through his eyelashes. 'You could make me believe anything at all.

People usually believe anything that they are told early and often.

You can persuade a man to believe almost anything provided he is clever enough, but it is much more difficult to persuade someone less clever.

Hitler and Joseph Goebbels understood that if you say something loud and long enough many people will believe it. A good journalist's first priority should be to separate propaganda from fact - but sometimes its very hard to do that.

By oft repeating an untruth, men come to believe it themselves.

The sad truth about humanity...is that people believe what they're told. Maybe not the first time, but by the hundredth time, the craziest of ideas just becomes a given.

There should be a name for this, for the process whereby one knows one is being yanked and concedes it has been done successfully - that one is grateful to have been spun. In the theater, it is called the willing suspension of disbelief. That's what allows the play to make an impact on the audience: they have to be able to make believe that what's happening on the stage is really happening. Maybe to a degree it is a requirement for all political participation, all effective political communication, too.

A reliable way to make people believe in falsehoods is frequent repetition, because familiarity is not easily distinguished from truth. Authoritarian institutions and marketers have always known this fact.

By means of shrewd lies, unremittingly repeated, it is possible to make people believe that heaven is hell - and hell heaven. The greater the lie, the more readily it will be believed.

Once you teach people to say what they do not understand, it is easy enough to get them to say anything you like.

Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices.

Climate change is a big scam for a lot of people to make a lot of money.

When it comes to controlling human beings there is no better instrument than lies. Because, you see, humans live by beliefs. And beliefs can be manipulated. The power to manipulate beliefs is the only thing that counts ... Who knows what use they’ll make of you? Maybe you’ll help them to persuade people to buy things they don’t need, or hate things they know nothing about, or hold beliefs that make them easy to handle, or doubt the truths that might save them.

If you repeat something long enough people believe it's what happened.

I feel like the American people are being lied to and manipulated. President Bush is trying to force 9/11 and Saddam together.

For the young people here: practicality is a good thing. There are times where compromise is necessary. That's part of wisdom. But it's also important to hang on to what you believe.