“One basic truth can be used as a foundation for a mountain of lies”

“At the foundation of moral thinking lie beliefs in statements the truth of which no further reason can be given.”

“It's the basic truth of the human condition: everybody lies.”

“The truth is everything in the end. It is the greatest power in the world to make all people equal. If everyone knows what the truth is, no one can use lies to separate those people and turn them against one another.”

“Semiotics is in principle the discipline studying everything which can be used in order to lie. If something cannot be used to tell a lie, conversely it cannot be used to tell the truth: it cannot in fact be used "to tell" at all.”

“One lie can tarnish a thousand truths.”

“And they did it with something that is basicly worthless in our society - pennies. But overseas, pennies can move mountains”