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«A ''just war'' is hospitable to every self-deception on the part of those waging it, none more than the certainty of virtue, under whose shelter every abomination can be committed with a clear conscience.»
Author: Alexander Cockburn
| Keywords:
abomination, certainty, deception, hospitable, Just War, self-deception, shelter, waging
«Suppose we were able to share meanings freely without a compulsive urge to impose our view or conform to those of others and without distortion and self-deception. Would this not constitute a real revolution in culture.»
Author: David Bohm
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compulsive, conform, conform to, constitute, deception, distortion, impose, meanings, self-deception, urge
«The faculty of self-deception, essential requisite for anyone wanting to guide others»
Author: Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
(Writer)
| Keywords:
deception, faculty, Faculty of, requisite, requisites, self-deception, The Faculty, wanting
«The ingenuity of self-deception is inexhaustible»
«Self-deception ultimately explains Japan's plight. The Japanese have never accepted that change is in their interest - and not merely a response to U.S. criticism.»
Author: Paul A. Samuelson
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Criticism
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deception, explains, japan, Japanese, plight, plighted, self-deception
«It may be that the deep necessity of art is the examination of self-deception.»
«Nationalism is power hunger tempered by self-deception.»
Author: George Orwell
(Essayist, Novelist)
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deception, nationalism, power hunger, self-deception, tempered
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