The special harm attaching to prior restraint is that the government can keep materials from reaching the public, so there can be no accountability, no judgment by the people that the power to suppress was wrongly exercised. — Randal Marlin Copy Share Image
Since the time of Plato and Aristotle philosophers have had an interest in taking note of common fallacies in reasoning. — Randal Marlin Copy Share Image
Once we recognize the power of propaganda, we need to ask whether its exercise is consistent with those democratic ideals to which lip-service is… — Randal Marlin Copy Share Image
Party politics in modern democratic society means pandering to a wide variety of different groups and sympathizing with their often quite base motives, such… — Randal Marlin Copy Share Image
If war is glorified, it tends to eclipse the policies it is meant to serve. — Randal Marlin Copy Share Image
In modern times sound policy-making must often come to grips with numbers. — Randal Marlin Copy Share Image
When you give false information you tend to restrict the freedom of choice to others. — Randal Marlin Copy Share Image
The liar wants to be believed, but lying undermines the foundation for credibility. — Randal Marlin Copy Share Image
The specific media may change, but the principles of human nature have remained fairly constant over the millenia. — Randal Marlin Copy Share Image
Small town people assume you are a friend if you simply remember their names. — Randal Marlin Copy Share Image
There are many special interests skilful at manipulating circumstances and communications in such a way as to benefit their own ends and not necessarily… — Randal Marlin Copy Share Image
Anyone familiar with the marvels of the Worldwide Web can hardly fail to see that we have entered a new era in communications on… — Randal Marlin Copy Share Image
In a general way, a major goal of the propagandist is to seek some kind of authoritative backing for the belief he or she… — Randal Marlin Copy Share Image
