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Quote from Alan Barth,


"Character assassination is at once easier and surer than physical assault;
and it involves far less risk for the assassin.
It leaves him free to commit the same deed over and over again,
and may, indeed, win him the honors of a hero in the country of his victims."


By:

Alan Barth (more quotes by Alan Barth or books by/about Alan Barth)


(1906-1979) served on the editorial board of The Washington Post for thirty years

Source:

The Loyalty of Free Men, 1951

Categories:

Character, Collectivist, Deception, Power, Press, Propaganda, Psycho-politics, Respect, Speech

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