--- title: "7 Propaganda Lies Quotes by 5 authors" description: "Browse 7 Propaganda Lies quotes by 5 authors. Discover the best Propaganda Lies sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea9/edward-r-murrow-7369_american-tradition_american-traditions-and-the-american-eth_90605.jpg" --- > [American traditions and the American ethic require us to be truthful, but the most important reason is that truth is the best…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-r-murrow/american-traditions-and-the-american-ethic-require-us-to-be-truthful/) [Edward R. Murrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-r-murrow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea9/edward-r-murrow-7369_american-tradition_american-traditions-and-the-american-eth_90605.jpg) > [The art of propaganda lies in understanding the emotional ideas of the great masses and finding, through a psychologically correct form, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adolf-hitler/the-art-of-propaganda-lies-in-understanding-the-emotional-ideas-of/) [Adolf Hitler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adolf-hitler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/328/adolf-hitler-253_art_the-art-of-propaganda-lies-in-understand_107825.jpg) > [The task of propaganda lies not in a scientific training of the individual, but rather in directing the masses toward certain facts,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adolf-hitler/the-task-of-propaganda-lies-not-in-a-scientific-training-of-the/) [Adolf Hitler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adolf-hitler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/023/adolf-hitler-253_certain_the-task-of-propaganda-lies-not-in-a-sci_486362.jpg) > [ \[Propaganda\] must be aimed at the emotions and only to a very limited degree at the so-called intellect... The art of propaganda… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adolf-hitler/propaganda-must-be-aimed-at-the-emotions-and-only-to-a-very-limited/) [Adolf Hitler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adolf-hitler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ba/adolf-hitler-253_art_propaganda-must-be-aimed-at-the-emotions_1005060.jpg) > [All propaganda is lies, even when one is telling the truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/all-propaganda-is-lies-even-when-one-is-telling-the-truth/) [George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfe/george-orwell-57_inspirational_all-propaganda-is-lies-even-when-one-is_1328485.jpg) > [Good propaganda does not need to lie, indeed it may not lie. It has no reason to fear the truth. It is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-goebbels/good-propaganda-does-not-need-to-lie-indeed-it-may-not-lie-it-has-no/) [Joseph Goebbels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-goebbels/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd3/joseph-goebbels-4054_able_good-propaganda-does-not-need-to-lie-ind_2530130.jpg) > [the insight that peace is the end of war, and that therefore a war is the preparation for peace, is at least…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hannah-arendt/the-insight-that-peace-is-the-end-of-war-and-that-therefore-a-war-is/) [Hannah Arendt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hannah-arendt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db5/hannah-arendt-610_aim_the-insight-that-peace-is-the-end-of-war_2712130.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/propaganda-lies/#itemlist", "name": "Propaganda Lies Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "American traditions and the American ethic require us to be truthful, but the most important reason is that truth is the best propaganda and lies are the worst. 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