HAMAS, Hitler, or Mainstream Media?

A Short Game to See If You Can Guess Who Said What?

This is a game of obscure quotations that are attributed to either somebody at Hamas, the terrorist organization; Adolf Hitler; or someone at the mainstream media or other disreputable institution. The game is for you to guess which one is which. These quotes may be taken out of context, but the source said what the source said. The answers are at the end, so don’t scroll down till you give it a try.

1. Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power. Power is given only to those who dare to lower themselves and pick it up.

   1. HAMAS leader Marwan Issa

   2. Adolf Hitler

   3. Jim Acosta of CNN

2. I use emotion for the many, and reserve reason for the few.

   1. HAMAS leader Khaled Mashal

   2. Adolf Hiter

   3. Lesley Stahl, 60 Minutes, NBC

3. I’m not a screamer. I’m confrontational, but I don’t think it translates into anger.

   1. HAMAS leader Khalil al-Haya

   2. Adolf Hitler

   3. Rachel Maddow, MSNBC

4. We will not recognize Israel.

   1. HAMAS policy statement

   2. Adolf Hitler

   3. Rashida Tlaib, Representative (D, MI)

5. I’m not concerned with what people think of me.

   1. HAMAS leader Khalil al-Haya

   2. Adolf Hitler

   3. Don Lemon, CNN

6. The art of propaganda lies in understanding the emotional ideas of the great masses.

   1. HAMAS founder Ahmen Yassin

   2. Adolf Hitler

   3. Joe Scarborough, Morning Joe, MSNBC

7. We need to get guns and bullets and automatic weapons off the streets.

   1. HAMAS leader Khaled Mashal

   2. Adolf Hitler

   3. Don Lemon, CNN

8. The victor will never be asked if he told the truth.

   1. HAMAS leader Marwan Issa

   2. Adolf Hitler

   3. Hillary Clinton, failed presidential candidate

9. There’s a degree of deception in silence.

   1. HAMAS founder Ahmed Yassin

   2. Adolf Hitler

   3. Don Lemon, CNN

10. If you want to shine like the sun, first you have to burn like it.

    1. HAMAS leader Marwan Issas

    2. Adolf Hitler

    3. Joy Reid, MSNBC

These are somewhat obscure quotations, so you likely had to go with your gut. The answers are below, but here’s the first hint. Every odd question is C—it was said by someone in the mainstream media or affiliated with an equally disreputable institution.

Adolf Hitler said 2, 6, 8, and 10. The only HAMAS quote on the board is 4. That’s because HAMAS generally says really obvious things like “from the ocean to the sea” and how they want to destroy a certain people and wipe a certain nation off the map.

I tried to work Kamala Harris into this game, but I had a bit of the HAMAS problem. Everything she says is clearly from her (“unburdened by what has been” or “the children of the community are the children … of the community”) it was too easy.