Government Misinformation Quotes

My first rule: I don't believe anything the government tells me.

Let me say this: I'm paranoid of the government. They've lost my trust. They've lied to me so many times that I don't know what to believe from them anymore.

So many of the things we're told by the government simply aren't true.

That's why they (the Bush administration) had to make up that story about weapons of mass destruction. Because that was the only thing that would sell to the American people, and that wasn't true.

Somehow the government has convinced the American people that using tear gas is perfectly harmless, despite stark evidence to the contrary.

It's easy to imagine an infinite number of situations where the government might legitimately give out false information.

The term propaganda rings melodramatic and exaggerated, but a press that—whether from fear, careerism, or conviction—uncritically recites false government claims and reports them as fact, or treats elected officials with a reverence reserved for royalty, cannot be accurately described as engaged in any other function.

The challenge is to reach out to everyone, 'especially those who have fallen for fake news and 'misleading advertisements. This government, for 56 months, misled the people by saying Modi didn't let them work.

When you hear the ex-politician tell you that the reason they created the War on Drugs was to get black people and to get hippies...that to me is just as shitty as saying all Mexicans are murderers and rapists. Or all Muslims. That's what I'm paying attention to. And everybody is hedging their bets when it comes to marijuana. The government is sitting on this lie saying it's a gateway drug.