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[-] potoo22@programming.dev 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

... Fuck. Fine, I'll look it up.
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Okay, he didn't use those exact words, but he said "How easy it is to make people believe a lie, and how hard it is to undo that work again!".

Source: https://quoteinvestigator.com/2020/12/23/fooled/#180a2d81-ad60-4996-9c9a-3b9cd697903c
Which cites https://books.google.com/books?id=Q6c2AQAAMAAJ&q=%22believe+a+lie%22#v=snippet&q=%22believe+a+lie%22&f=false

[-] lugal@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 day ago

Wow, I expected it to be totally fake like most quotes on the internet but I 5d-chessed you into looking it up for me. Thanks!

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