Conspiracy Theory Quotes
41 quotes by 38 authors
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People love conspiracy theories.
— Neil Armstrong
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The question is: Do we have a shadow government? And if we do, who are those intelligent minority that is guiding us through? And where…
— Glenn Beck
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Let us never tolerate outrageous conspiracy theories concerning the attacks of September the 11th; malicious lies that attempt to shift the blame away from the…
— George W. Bush
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The popularity of conspiracy theories is explained by people's desire to believe that there is - some group of folks who know what they're doing
— Damon Knight
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Antisemitism is unique among religious hatreds. It is a racist conspiracy theory fashioned for the needs of messianic and brutal rulers, as dictators from the…
— Nick Cohen
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Conspiracy theories are an irresistible labor-saving device in the face of complexity.
— Henry Louis Gates
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Conspiracy theory is the ultimate refuge of the powerless. If you cannot change your own life, it must be that some greater force controls the…
— Roger Cohen
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Conspiracy theories are the refuge of the disempowered.
— Roger Cohen
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At this time on a weekday morning, the library was refuge to the retired, the unemployed, and the unemployable. ... 'I'm not always this gabby,'…
— Myla Goldberg
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Human beings are pattern-seeking animals. It's part of our DNA. That's why conspiracy theories and gods are so popular: we always look for the wider,…
— Adrian McKinty
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The Conspiracy Theory of Society... [is] a typical result of the secularization of a religious superstition. The belief in the Homeric gods whose conspiracies explain…
— Karl Popper
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The use of 'conspiracy theory' as a derogatory - as an epithet almost - is something the propagandists have perfected over the decades, and it's…
— Chris Sanders
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Sunstein said government agents ‘might enter chat rooms, online social networks, or even real-space groups and attempt to undermine percolating conspiracy theories by raising doubts…
— Cass Sunstein
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The reason it is difficult is that we have been conditioned to laugh at conspiracy theories, and few people will risk public ridicule by advocating…
— G. Edward Griffin
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Human beings are pattern-seeking animals who will prefer even a bad theory or a conspiracy theory to no theory at all.
— Christopher Hitchens
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Let us never tolerate outrageous conspiracy theories.
— George W. Bush
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One of the reasons for conspiracy theories is an assumption that people in high places always know what they are doing. When they do something…
— Thomas Sowell
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I really wish there was some big brother conspiracy theory. I just think it's the ignorance of trying to make a dollar. That's what the…
— Montel Williams
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There is a power so organized, so subtle, so complete, and so pervasive, that they had better not speak above their breath when they speak…
— Woodrow Wilson
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The real menace of our Republic is the invisible Government which like a giant Octopus, sprawls its slimy legs over our cities, states, and nation.
— John Francis Hylan
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