It is the emergence of mass media which makes possible the use of propaganda techniques on a societal scale. — Jacques Ellul Copy Share Image
The goal of modern propaganda is no longer to transform opinion but to arouse an active and mythical belief — Jacques Ellul Copy Share Image
“Propaganda begins when dialogue ends. (Quoted by Marshall McLuhan in McLuhan Hot & Cool)” — Jacques Ellul Copy Share Image
Hate, hunger, and pride make better levers of propaganda than do love or impartiality. — Jacques Ellul Copy Share Image
When there is propaganda, we are no longer able to evaluate certain questions, or even to discuss them — Jacques Ellul Copy Share Image
The aim of modern propaganda is no longer to modify ideas, but to provoke action. — Jacques Ellul Copy Share Image
The orchestration of press, radio and television to create a continuous, lasting and total environment renders the influence of propaganda virtually unnoticed… — Jacques Ellul Copy Share Image
Again I want to emphasize that the study of propaganda must be conducted within the context of a technological society. Propaganda is… — Jacques Ellul Copy Share Image
The most favorable moment to seize a man and influence him is when he is alone in the mass. It is at… — Jacques Ellul Copy Share Image
Almost always, it is the conviction that 'I am right' or 'my cause is the cause of justice' that triggers violence. That… — Jacques Ellul Copy Share Image
(Propaganda) proceeds by psychological manipulations, character modifications, by creation of stereotypes useful when the time comes - The two great routes that… — Jacques Ellul Copy Share Image
The person who imagined that he could not be the victim of propaganda because he could distinguish truth from falsehood, is extremely… — Jacques Ellul Copy Share Image
Propaganda tries first of all to create conditioned reflexes in the individual so that certain words, signs, or symbols, even certain persons… — Jacques Ellul Copy Share Image
The propagandist must utilize all of the technical means at his disposal - the press, radio, TV, movies, posters, meetings, door-to-door canvassing...There… — Jacques Ellul Copy Share Image
Propaganda must not concern itself with what is best in man - the highest goals humanity sets for itself, its noblest and… — Jacques Ellul Copy Share Image
Having analyzed these traits, we can now advance a definition of propaganda - not an exhaustive definition, unique and exclusive of all… — Jacques Ellul Copy Share Image
Propaganda's content increasingly resembles information. It has even clearly been proved that a violent, excessive, shock-provoking propaganda texts leads ultimately to less… — Jacques Ellul Copy Share Image
“The First World War; the Russian revolution of 1917; Hitler's revolution of 1933; the second World War; the further development of revolutionary… — Jacques Ellul Copy Share Image
“To the extent that propaganda is based on current news, it cannot permit time for thought or reflection. A man caught up… — Jacques Ellul Copy Share Image
The individual, by means of the discipline imposed on him by sport, not only plays and finds relaxation from the various compulsions to which… — Jacques Ellul Copy Share
Christians were never meant to be normal. We’ve always been holy troublemakers, we’ve always been creators of uncertainty, agents of dimension that’s incompatible with… — Jacques Ellul Copy Share
It is inconceivable that the God who gives Himself in His Son to save us, should have created some people ordained to evil and… — Jacques Ellul Copy Share
Technological society leads to increasing numbers of people who cannot adapt to the inhuman rhythm of modern life with its emphasis on specialization. A… — Jacques Ellul Copy Share
It is the multiplication of men who are exluded from working which provokes war. We ought at least to bear this in mind when… — Jacques Ellul Copy Share
The orchestration of press, radio and television to create a continuous, lasting and total environment renders the influence of propaganda virtually unnoticed precisely because… — Jacques Ellul Copy Share
“No society can last in conditions of anarchy. This is self-evident and I am in full agreement. But my aim is not the establishment… — Jacques Ellul Copy Share
The qualities which technique requires for its advance are precisely those characteristics of a technical order which do not represent indivisual intelligence...The individual, in… — Jacques Ellul Copy Share
Education no longer has a humanist end or any value in itself; it has only one goal, to create technicians. — Jacques Ellul Copy Share
The goal of modern propaganda is no longer to transform opinion but to arouse an active and mythical belief — Jacques Ellul Copy Share
Freedom is completely without meaning unless it is related to necessity, unless it represents victory over necessity. — Jacques Ellul Copy Share
When there is propaganda, we are no longer able to evaluate certain questions, or even to discuss them — Jacques Ellul Copy Share
True technique will know how to maintain the illusion of liberty, choice, and individuality; but these will have been carefully calculated so that they… — Jacques Ellul Copy Share
No one knows where we are going, the aim of life has been forgotten, the end has been left behind. Man has set out… — Jacques Ellul Copy Share
