Ballast Quote by Adolf Hitler

All propaganda must be popular and its intellectual level must be adjusted to the most limited intelligence among those it is addressed to.

— Adolf Hitler

All propaganda must be so popular and on such an intellectual level, that even the most stupid of those towards whom it is directed…

— Adolf Hitler

[Propaganda] must be aimed at the emotions and only to a very limited degree at the so-called intellect... The art of propaganda lies in…

— Adolf Hitler

All propaganda has to be popular and has to accommodate itself to the comprehension of the least intelligent of those whom it seeks to…

— Adolf Hitler

Propaganda's content increasingly resembles information. It has even clearly been proved that a violent, excessive, shock-provoking propaganda texts leads ultimately to less conviction and…

— Jacques Ellul

Propaganda must not concern itself with what is best in man - the highest goals humanity sets for itself, its noblest and most precious…

— Jacques Ellul

The art of propaganda lies in understanding the emotional ideas of the great masses and finding, through a psychologically correct form, the way to…

— Adolf Hitler

Why is propaganda so much more successful when it stirs up hatred than when it tries to stir up friendly feeling?

— Bertrand Russell

State propaganda, when supported by the educated classes and when no deviation is permitted from it, can have a big effect. It was a…

— Noam Chomsky

The best defense against propaganda: more propaganda.

— Edward Bernays

The minority has discovered a powerful help in influencing majorities. It has been found possible so to mold the mind of the masses that…

— Edward Bernays

To whom should propaganda be addressed? To the scientifically trained intelligentsia or the less educated masses? It must be addressed always and exclusively to…

— Adolf Hitler