Propaganda Quotes

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“Scientifically regarded, propaganda is merely a form of mental suggestion.”

“Propaganda is to a democracy what the bludgeon is to a totalitarian state.”

“Propaganda is the executive arm of the invisible government.”

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“Propaganda does not aim to elevate man, but to make him serve.”

“Propaganda is a monologue that is not looking for an answer, but an echo.”

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“Prejudice and the well-known weaknesses of human nature are to be exploited and thus encouraged.”

“Propaganda is defined as the manipulation of the public to the end of securing some specific action.”

“Hate, hunger, and pride make better levers of propaganda than do love or impartiality.”

“The engineering of consent is the very essence of the democratic process, the freedom to persuade and suggest.”

“The propagandist's purpose is to make one set of people forget that certain other sets of people are human.”

“The class which has the means of material production at its disposal, has control at the same time over the means of mental production.”

“Highly intelligent people hate to admit they have fallen for such propaganda, and often get angry when it is suggested to them that they have.”

“All effective propaganda must be limited to a very few points and must harp on these in slogans until the last member of the public understands.”

“Goebbels ... was using my book Crystallizing Public Opinion as a basis for his destructive campaign against the Jews of Germany. This shocked me.”

“Its aim is to “put something over” on people, with or without their knowledge or consent… neither truth nor the basic values of civilization get a fair hearing.”

“The most favorable moment to seize a man and influence him is when he is alone in the mass. It is at this point that propaganda can be most effective.”

“The success of business propaganda in persuading us, for so long, that we are free from propaganda is one of the most significant propaganda achievements of the twentieth century.”