| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 15083 |
| QUOTATION: | Propaganda is that branch of the art of lying which consists in nearly deceiving your friends without quite deceiving your enemies. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | F.M. Cornford (18741943), British author, poet. Quoted in New Statesman (London, September 15, 1978). |
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