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Christopher Stevens – Expendable U.S. diplomat; Benghazi, Libya. His death was allowed to create outrage in the U.S. so hundreds of Marines and a permanent base could be set up in Benghazi.
The statesmen will invent cheap lies, putting the blame upon the nation that is attacked, and every man will be glad of those conscience-soothing falsities, and will diligently study them, and refuse to examine any refutations of them; and thus he will by and by convince himself that the war is just, and will thank God for the better sleep he enjoys after this process of grotesque self-deception. - Mark Twain, “The Mysterious Stranger” (1910)
" The obscure we see eventually. The completely obvious, it seems, takes longer ". ~Edward R. Murrow
- None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free. -Goethe
"If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor." -Albert Einstein
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“I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country. As a result of the war, corporations have been enthroned and an era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of the people until all wealth is aggregated in a few hands, and the Republic is destroyed. I feel at this moment more anxiety for the safety of my country than ever before, even in the midst of war.” – Abraham Lincoln - In a letter written to William Elkin