Napoleon Bonaparte (famous post-Revolution Emperor of France): "Authoritarian government required to speak, is silent...Representative government required to speak, LIES with impunity" (Graham Hancock: http://grahamhancock.com/phorum/read.php?2,364853,364853 ).
Napoleon Bonaparte on historical lies: "History is a set of lies that people have agreed upon" (“Napoleon Bonaparte quotes”, Brainy Quotes: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/n/napoleonbo161968.html ).