“People would far rather be handed an easy lie than search for a difficult truth, especially if it suits their own purposes.”
“Proof is boring. Proof is tiresome. Proof is an irrelevance. People would far rather be handed an easy lie than search for a difficult truth, especially if it suits their own purposes.”
“I would rather be told an R-rated truth than a G-rated lie.”
“People will believe thousands of different lies in succession rather than confront a single scintilla of truth.”
“I'd rather hear an ugly truth, rather than an obscure lie.”
“They must find it difficult, those who have taken authority as truth, rather than truth as authority.”