If we can but tear the blindfold of self-deception from our eyes and loosen the gag of self-denial from our voices, we can restore our country to greatness.
Theodore C. Sorensen
It may be that the deep necessity of art is the examination of self-deception.
Robert Motherwell
Narcissism and self-deception are survival mechanisms without which many of us might just jump off a bridge.
Todd Solondz
Nationalism is power hunger tempered by self-deception.
George Orwell
Self-deception ultimately explains Japan's plight. The Japanese have never accepted that change is in their interest - and not merely a response to U.S. criticism.
Paul Samuelson
Suppose we were able to share meanings freely without a compulsive urge to impose our view or conform to those of others and without distortion and self-deception. Would this not constitute a real revolution in culture.
David Bohm
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