Prophetic Mark Twain quote

It seems on Earth some things stay the same, century after century...

"Next the statesmen will invent cheap lies, putting the blame
upon the   nation that is attacked, and every man  will be glad
of those conscience-soothing falsities, and will diligently
study them, and refuse to examine  any refutations of them;
and thus he will by and by convince himself that the war is
just, and  will thank God for the better sleep he enjoys
after this process of grotesque self-deception."

-- Mark Twain (1916)