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> [In my own experience, I have been amazed to see how unrealistic are the bases for political opinion in general. Only rarely have I found a person who has chosen any particular political party - democratic or totalitarian - through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joost-meerloo/in-my-own-experience-i-have-been-amazed-to-see-how-unrealistic-are/)

[Joost Meerloo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joost-meerloo/)

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## More by Joost Meerloo

> [Puzzlement and doubt are, however, already crimes in the totalitarian state. The mind that is open for questions is open for dissent. In the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joost-meerloo/puzzlement-and-doubt-are-however-already-crimes-in-the-totalitarian/)

[Joost Meerloo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joost-meerloo/)

> [The big lie and monotonously repeated nonsense have more emotional appeal in a cold war than logic and reason.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joost-meerloo/the-big-lie-and-monotonously-repeated-nonsense-have-more-emotional/)

[Joost Meerloo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joost-meerloo/)

> [He who dictates and formulates the words and phrases we use, he who is master of the press and radio, is master of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joost-meerloo/he-who-dictates-and-formulates-the-words-and-phrases-we-use-he-who-is/)

[Joost Meerloo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joost-meerloo/)

> [Pavlov's findings were that some animals learned more quickly if rewarded (by affection, by food, by stroking) each time they showed the right response,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joost-meerloo/pavlov-s-findings-were-that-some-animals-learned-more-quickly-if/)

[Joost Meerloo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joost-meerloo/)

> [Confusing a targeted audience is one of the necessary ingredients for effective mind control.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joost-meerloo/confusing-a-targeted-audience-is-one-of-the-necessary-ingredients-for/)

[Joost Meerloo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joost-meerloo/)

> [. . . well publicized facts are always the bane to the mind controllers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joost-meerloo/well-publicized-facts-are-always-the-bane-to-the-mind-controllers/)

[Joost Meerloo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joost-meerloo/)

> [Ready made opinions can be distributed day by day through the press, radio, and so on, again and again, till they reach the nerve…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joost-meerloo/ready-made-opinions-can-be-distributed-day-by-day-through-the-press/)

[Joost Meerloo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joost-meerloo/)

> [The tension of a mysterious danger is even more unbearable than danger itself. People hate the vacuum of an unknown situation. They want security.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joost-meerloo/the-tension-of-a-mysterious-danger-is-even-more-unbearable-than/)

[Joost Meerloo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joost-meerloo/)

> [Numbing the senses by monotonously repeating an assertion is a key element in utilizing mind control techniques.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joost-meerloo/numbing-the-senses-by-monotonously-repeating-an-assertion-is-a-key/)

[Joost Meerloo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joost-meerloo/)

> [Demoralization of the target audience is yet another step in successful mind control.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joost-meerloo/demoralization-of-the-target-audience-is-yet-another-step-in/)

[Joost Meerloo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joost-meerloo/)

> [The bulk of the totalitarian-minded in the democratic societies are men and women who are attracted to this destructive way of life for inner…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joost-meerloo/the-bulk-of-the-totalitarian-minded-in-the-democratic-societies-are/)

[Joost Meerloo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joost-meerloo/)

> [The continual intrusion into our minds of the hammering noises of arguments and propaganda can lead to two kinds of reactions. It may lead…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joost-meerloo/the-continual-intrusion-into-our-minds-of-the-hammering-noises-of/)

[Joost Meerloo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joost-meerloo/)

> [If men can be made to understand that society, with its rigid codes and stratifications, is in its confused infancy rather than in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joost-meerloo/if-men-can-be-made-to-understand-that-society-with-its-rigid-codes/)

[Joost Meerloo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joost-meerloo/)

> [Between two beings there is always the barrier of words. Man has so many ears and speaks so many languages. Should it nevertheless be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joost-meerloo/between-two-beings-there-is-always-the-barrier-of-words-man-has-so/)

[Joost Meerloo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joost-meerloo/)

> [It's among the intelligentsia that we often find the glib compulsion to explain everything and to understand nothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joost-meerloo/it-s-among-the-intelligentsia-that-we-often-find-the-glib-compulsion/)

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