Dear editor:
I was not actually there to hear these statements, but they are quoted by the "crooked press:"
If you tell a lie big enough and often enough, it will be believed.
Don't compare yourself to others. If you do, you are insulting yourself.
It is lucky for leaders that the people don't think.
It is not truth that matters, but victory.
Great liars are also great magicians.
I don't see why man should not be just as cruel as nature.
The winner will never be asked if he told the truth.
"I play to people's fantasies. People may not always think for themselves, but they can still get very excited by those who do. That's why a little hyperbole never hurts. People want to believe that something is the biggest and the greatest and the most spectacular. I call it 'truthful hyperbole.' It's an innocent form of exaggeration, and a very effective form of promotion."
The first seven are attributed to Adolf Hitler, and number eight is quoted from a book written by our Number One.
C.G. Smith
Hot Springs
Editorial on 02/22/2017