Friday
(0)A lie told often enough becomes the truth
- Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
I suspect Vladimir is more widely read in Broadcasting House (The BBC) than Hayek, Rand, Mises, Bastiat, Friedman and Popper added together
Thank you for this quotation. I would be grateful if you could cite the source and context.
Posted by Joe at December 13, 2002 11:03 AM
Sadly, of the six others you named, most people would only recognize Friedman's name, if that. And among even the better read in the media, I would only add Rand as recognizable. I wonder how many have actually read either of them, much less the other four. I haven't read much Popper or Bastiat. Time for some holiday shopping.
Posted by Dale at December 13, 2002 03:30 PM
So no one else sees any irony in the fact that this quotation has been falsely attributed to Lenin through, er, repetition?
Posted by Joe at December 13, 2002 08:25 PM
I've also seen this quote attributed to Goerring and Hitler.
Posted by Lucas Wiman at December 13, 2002 10:00 PM
If this is a false quotation attributed to Lenin... then that actually makes the point more eloquently than I ever thought possible!
Posted by Samizdata Illuminatus at December 14, 2002 12:43 PM
This will probably sound stupid, but was Popper a libertarian (or some proto-libertarian)? I've only seen some of his brilliant work on the epistemology of science. What were his main political / economic works?
Posted by Lucas Wiman at December 14, 2002 09:33 PM
