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Friday 8th of May 2026

The Big Lie The “Big Lie,” a term that originates with Hitler, became central to American political discourse after I applied it to Trump's claim to have won an election he had lost. The concept of the “Big Lie,” which I reintroduced into discussion in 2019 and 2020, helped millions of people see how mendacity of a certian scale affects politics over time, making democracy ever more difficult. Timothy Snyder, Bloodlands © 2022 Kwiple.com
The Big Lie Hitler says if you tell a lie that's of a certain scale that's big enough, people won't believe that you could deceive them on that scale. And since they believe it and take it in at first, they don't want to disbelieve it later on. It becomes part of their life; it becomes what we now call an alternative reality. It begins to shape politics. It begins to instantiate itself not only in memory, but in policy. You act as if it's true and you move on to do things as though it were true. So, in our example, if we pretend that Trump won the election in 2020, then we have an argument for suppressing votes because we can say, well there was fraud, therefore we should suppress votes. Timothy Snyder, April 29, 2022 © 2022 Kwiple.com
Christianity You see, it's been our misfortune to have the wrong religion. Why didn't we have the religion of the Japanese, who regard sacrifice for the Fatherland as the highest good? The Mohammedan religion too would have been more compatible to us than Christianity. Why did it have to be Christianity with its meekness and flabbiness? Adolf Hitler © 2015 Kwiple.com
Cocks of the walk say I am invulnerable. I am immortal. Adolf Hitler, after surviving a 1944 assasination attempt © 2022 Kwiple.com
Democracy Cause everything that hitler And mussolini do, Negroes get the same Treatment from you. You jim crowed me Before hitler rose to power — And you're STILL jim crowing me Right now, this very hour. You say we're fighting For democracy. Then why don't democracy Include me? from “Beaumont to Detroit: 1943” by Langston Hughes, addressing America during World War II © 2017 Kwiple.com
Fascists There are two kinds of fascists: those who give orders and those who take them. A popular base gives fascism the legs it needs to march, the lungs it uses to proclaim, and the muscle it relies on to menace — but that's fascism from the neck down. To create tyranny out of the fears and  hopes of average people, money is required, and, so too, ambition and twisted ideas. It is the combination that kills. In the absence of wealthy backers, we likely would never had heard of Corporal Mussolini or Corporal Hitler. Madeleine Albright, Fascism: A Warning © 2021 Kwiple.com
Freedom Looks like by now Folks ought to know It's hard to beat Hitler Protecting Jim Crow. Freedom's not just To be won Over There. It means Freedom at home, too — Now — right here! from “How About It, Dixie” by Langston Hughes © 2017 Kwiple.com
Lies The broad mass of a nation … will more easily fall victim to a big lie than to a small one. Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf © 2021 Kwiple.com
Public discourse The receptive ability of the masses is  very limited, and their understanding small; on the other hand, they have a great power of forgetting. This being so, all effectve propaganda must be confined to very few points which must be brought in the form of slogans. Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf © 2022 Kwiple.com
Reich wingers say Adolf Hitler, like Barack Obama, also ruled by dictate. Rush Limbaugh © 2015 Kwiple.com
Reich wingers say I think the likelihood of Hitler being able to accomplish his goals would have been greatly diminished if the people had been armed. Ben Carson © 2015 Kwiple.com
Reich wingers say If Germany had American gun laws, there would have never had been a Hitler. Tom Perkins © 2015 Kwiple.com
Reich wingers say It would be like Hitler playing golf with Netanyahu. Hank Williams, Jr., objecting to Democrats playing golf with Republicans © 2015 Kwiple.com
Reich wingers say This is the equivalent of giving Adolf Hitler weapons of mass destruction. Sean Hannity, on the Iran nuclear deal © 2015 Kwiple.com
Reich wingers say This is what Hitler did with the SS. Glenn Beck, on the Peace Corps © 2015 Kwiple.com
Reich wingers say What happened in Nazi Germany? I dare say the vast majority of German people did not believe what Hitler believed. But they didn't speak up, and you see what the result was. Ben Carson © 2015 Kwiple.com
Resisters say Would Twitter ban Hitler? Uphold your policy, ban Donald Trump We need a leader, not a creepy tweeter Messages projected on the side of Twitter's headquarter © 2017 Kwiple.com
Selfie I, for my part, acknowledge another precept which says that man must deal the final blow to those whose downfall is destined by God. Adolf Hitler © 2015 Kwiple.com
Selfie I have not come into this world to make men better, but to make use of their weaknesses. Adolf Hitler © 2015 Kwiple.com
Selfie You will never learn what I am thinking. And those who boast most loudly that they know my thought, to such people I lie even more. Adolf Hitler © 2015 Kwiple.com
Selfie I never read Mein Kampf. Donald Trump  [He listened to the audio book or he channels Adolf Hitler] © 2023 Kwiple.com
Snapshot  I'm not saying Trump is Hitler. Hitler volunteered for the army. Donald Trump portrayed by Bill Maher © 2018 Kwiple.com
Snapshot I would have preferred it if he'd followed his original ambition and become an architect. Adolf Hitler seen by his sister, Paula © 2015 Kwiple.com
Snapshot Hitler did a lot of good things. Adolf Hitler portrayed by Donald Trump © 2021 Kwiple.com
Social media  As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Hitler approaches 1. Godwin's law © 2017 Kwiple.com
State of the union Imbecilic analogies to Hitler and the Nazis abound © 2015 Kwiple.com
Totalitarianism The great strength of the totalitarian state is that it will force those who fear it to imitate it. Adolf Hitler © 2018 Kwiple.com
Trumpists say I haven’t given you all a history lesson in a while, and I wanted to give you a little history on homelessness. [In] 1910, Hitler decided to live on the streets for a while. So for two years, Hitler lived on the streets and practiced his oratory, and his body language, and how to connect with citizens and then went on to lead a life that got him in the history books. It’s not a dead end. They can come out of these homeless camps and have a a productive life — or in Hitler’s case, a very unproductive life. Frank Niceley, Republican state senator in Tennessee, supporting a bill to criminalize homeless encampments on public property © 2022 Kwiple.com
Trumpists say Now, they’re going and saying, “Vladimir Putin is Adolf Hitler,” as if that isn’t a good thing. Nick Fuentes, February 25, 2022  © 2022 Kwiple.com
Trumpists say Well, I see good things about Hitler.  Every human being has something of value that they brought to the table, especially Hitler. … But this guy that invented highways, invented the very microphone that I use as a musician, you can't say out loud that this person ever did anything good and I’m done with that. I’m done with the classifications. We’ve got to stop dissing the Nazis all the time. They did good things too.  Kanye West, a.k.a. Ye, responding to Alex Jones,  who said “You’re not Hitler. You’re not a Nazi. You don’t deserve to be called that and demonized.” © 2022 Kwiple.com
Voting Trump asking Kobach to help him restore integrity in voting is like Hitler asking Goebbels to help put out the Reichstag fire. Steven Thrasher, The Guardian, May 12, 2017 © 2017 Kwiple.com
 
War The god of war has gone over to the other side. Adolf Hitler, after the Battle of Stalingrad © 2015 Kwiple.com