Disinformation

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The great masses of the people...more easily fall a victim to a big lie than to a little one.

Adolf Hitler

Mein Kampf

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Topic

Disinformation Politics and lies Politics The masses

Author

Adolf Hitler

Source

Mein Kampf

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

German

Time

1925 1920s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Hitler, Adolf. Mein Kampf [My Struggle]. Vol. 1, Franz Eher Nachfolger GmbH, 1925, ch. 6.

Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.

George Orwell

Nineteen Eighty-Four

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Topic

Past and present The future Disinformation Totalitarianism

Author

George Orwell

Source

Nineteen Eighty-Four

Medium

Novel

Genre

Dystopian fiction

Language

English

Time

1949 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Orwell, George. Nineteen Eighty-Four. Secker & Warburg, 1949, pt. 1, ch. 1.

The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction (i.e., the reality of experience) and the distinction between true and false (i.e., the standards of thought) no longer exist.

Hannah Arendt

The Origins of Totalinarianism

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Topic

Totalitarianism Truth vs. fiction Truth Disinformation

Author

Hannah Arendt

Source

The Origins of Totalinarianism

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1951 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Arendt, Hannah. The Origins of Totalitarianism. Schocken Books, 1951, pt. 3, ch. 13.

For say a foolish thing enough…
... The same thing
Shall pass at last for absolutely wise,
And not with fools exclusively.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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Topic

Disinformation Foolishness Fools

Author

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Source

Aurora Leigh

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1856 1850s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Browning, Elizabeth Barrett. Aurora Leigh. London: Chapman & Hall, 1857, bk. 6.

Current Citation

Browning, Elizabeth Barrett. Aurora Leigh. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 6.