In a time of war, truth is always replaced by propaganda.
Interpretation
During conflict, genuine truths are often overshadowed by misleading narratives.
This quote by Charles Lindbergh highlights the tendency for truthful information to be manipulated or distorted in times of war. It suggests that propaganda becomes the dominant force, obscuring reality and shaping public perception in ways that serve specific agendas, often at the expense of honesty and clarity.
In practice
During a history class discussing the effects of propaganda in wartime.
How long can men thrive between walls of brick, walking on asphalt pavements, breathing the fumes of coal and of oil, growing, working, dying, with hardly a thought of wind, and sky, and fields of grain, seeing only machine-made beauty, the mineral-like quality of life?
In wilderness I sense the miracle of life.
Science, freedom, beauty, adventure: what more could you ask of life?
In honoring the Wright Brothers, it is customary and proper to recognize their contribution to scientific progress. But I believe it is equally important to emphasize the qualities in their pioneering life and the character in man that such a life produced. The Wright Brothers balanced sucess with modesty, science with simplicity. At Kitty Hawk their intellects and senses worked in mutual support. They represented man in balance, and from that balance came wings to lift a world.
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The only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by Infinity is to contemplate the extent of human stupidity.
Whiteness in a racist, corporate-controlled society is like having the image of an American Express Cardstamped on one's face: immediately you are “universally accepted.”
'Sicario' is about how the Western world reacts toward problems outside of its borders. Should we become monsters in order to fight the monsters? It's not about the cartels. The movie could have been set in Africa or the Middle East.
In a democracy, the individual enjoys not only the ultimate power but carries the ultimate responsibility.
There is mercy for everyone, except those who are bored with life.
It is the fundamental right of every American, as guaranteed by the first amendment of the Constitution, to worship as he or she pleases... This legislation sets forth the policy of the United States to protect and preserve the inherent right of American Indian, Eskimo, Aleut, and Native Hawaiian people to believe, express, and exercise their traditional religions
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