Quotes About Deception

Secret operations are essential in war; upon them the army relies to make its every move.

Be where your enemy is not.

Do not swallow bait offered by the enemy. Do not interfere with an army that is returning home.

In a time of war, truth is always replaced by propaganda.

No one has ever succeeded in keeping nations at war except by lies.

The war brought things to a head, exposing the utter falsity and rottenness of Kautskyism from its very first day.

Some explanations of a crime are not explanations: they're part of the crime.

From where Winston stood it was just possible to read, picked out on its white face in elegant lettering, the three slogans of the Party: WAR IS PEACE FREEDOM IS SLAVERY IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH.

Oceania was at war with Eurasia; therefore Oceania had always been at war with Eurasia.

They keep telling us that in war truth is the first casualty, which is nonsense since it implies that in times of peace truth stays out of the sick bay or the graveyard.

When the enemy is at ease, be able to weary him; when well fed, to starve him; when at rest, to make him move. Appear at places to which he must hasten; move swiftly where he does not expect you.

Wars are started by the truth. Peace is proclaimed with lies.

There is no kind of dishonesty into which otherwise good people more easily and frequently fall than that of defrauding the government.

The hand that held the dagger has struck it into the back of its neighbor.

In war, practice dissimulation and you will succeed.

There are a lot of people who lie and get away with it, and that's just a fact.

Fierce language and pretentious advances are signs that the enemy is about to retreat.

Records told the same tale, then the lie passed into history and became truth.

War vies with magic in its efforts to get something for nothing.

Tis time to fear when tyrants seem to kiss.

Oh, what a tangled web do parents weave, when they think that their children are naive.

Truth is always the first casualty of war.

Placid waters hide lethal currents.

Muchos de Mis líderes están engañados y están engañando a los demás, porque ellos creen que hacer muchas obras y mantenerse ocupados en Mis iglesias es el camino a la seguridad eterna, pero eso es un engaño. Eso sólo se logra a través de la intimidad, de Conocerme de veras, de pasar tiempo, de dedicar tiempo para Conocerme. Esa es la clave de la salvación eterna y la seguridad.