Deceptive Practices Quotes

Falsehood, like poison, will generally be rejected when administered alone; but when blended with wholesome ingredients may be swallowed unperceived.

The people wish to be deceived; let them be deceived.

When I talk about the polling, I'm talking about the principles. It shows these officials are knowingly attempting to shift public opinion, even though they know what they say is not factual.

Many scammers are only using personal checks for payment because they can take the money and run.

Regardless of the moral issue, dishonesty in advertising has proved very unprofitable.

Somehow it did not occur to us that, in a developed democracy, regular media advertising could turn out to be a suspicious and harmful activity.

I am prepared to maintain that Honesty is essentially an anarchistic and disintegrating force in society, that communities are held together and the progress of civilization made possible only by vigorous and sometimes even, violent Lying; that the Social Contract is nothing more or less than a vast conspiracy of human beings to lie and humbug themselves and one another for the general Good.

But if anyone supposes that there was no commercial fraud in the Middle Ages, let him study the commercial legislation of England for that period, and his mind will be satisfied, if he has a mind to be satisfied and not only a fancy to run away with him.

As alleged, the most senior executives at Brixmor engaged in a years-long scheme to cook the books and deceive the investing public.

Lying rides upon debt's back.

WARNING: POLITICAL ADVERTISING CAN LEGALLY DISTORT THE TRUTH.

Advertising is legalized lying.

There is a vast quantity of religion current in the world which is not true, genuine Christianity. It passes muster, it satisfies sleepy consciences; but it is not good money. It is not the authentic reality that called itself Christianity in the beginning.

Shew me a lyer, and I'le shew thee a theefe.

Speeches by businessmen on social responsibility...may gain them kudos in the short run. But it helps to strengthen the already too prevalent view that the pursuit of profits is wicked.... There is one and only one social responsibility of business-to...engage in open and free competition without deception or fraud.

You're not allowed to lure people into spending their money or betting their money based on false representations.

Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.

Some men rob you with a six-gun -- others rob you with a fountain pen.

Just because it sparkles doesn't mean it's good.

Al Gore completely lied about climate change in an effort to make a lot of money.

There is something in corruption which, like a jaundiced eye, transfers the color of itself to the object it looks upon, and sees everything stained and impure.

Stamps God's own name upon a lie just made, To turn a penny in the way of trade.

What I found in my research on Trump's charitable giving was that often he would promise something and then never deliver, but sort of go around with people believing he'd done this thing he's promised.

The big print giveth, and the fine print taketh away.

All of our lives are governed by a certain degree of faith in bullshit.