The greatest triumphs of propoganda have been accomplished, not by doi…

Aldous Huxley
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The greatest triumphs of propoganda have been accomplished, not by doing something, but by refraining from doing. Great is truth, but still greater, from a practical point of view, is silence about truth. ✨ Aldous Huxley (1950). The Collected Works of Aldous Huxley: Brave new world
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