Quote from Wm. F Buckley Jr

[on_the_hill]

There’s a quote from Wm. F. Buckley, Jr. that I read a long time ago. It went something like, “Deny everything even if you’re guilty, because eventually people will start to believe you…” but I can’t remember the rest of it and can’t find it online.

Does anyone have any clue what the quote is?

 

[CelticWarlord]

I’ve done a search and can’t find anything connected directly to Buckley. However, Lenin said, “A lie told often enough becomes the truth”.

 

[midori]

That doesn’t sound like Buckley at all. He said things like:

Truth is a demure lady, much too ladylike to knock you on your head and drag you to her cave. She is there, but people must want her, and seek her out.

I would like to take you seriously, but to do so would affront your intelligence.

I profoundly believe it takes a lot of practice to become a moral slob.