Randal Marlin

Since the time of Plato and Aristotle philosophers have had an interest in taking note of common fallacies in reasoning.

— Randal Marlin

Once we recognize the power of propaganda, we need to ask whether its exercise is consistent with those democratic ideals to which…

— Randal Marlin

Party politics in modern democratic society means pandering to a wide variety of different groups and sympathizing with their often quite base…

— Randal Marlin

If war is glorified, it tends to eclipse the policies it is meant to serve.

— Randal Marlin

In modern times sound policy-making must often come to grips with numbers.

— Randal Marlin

When you give false information you tend to restrict the freedom of choice to others.

— Randal Marlin

The liar wants to be believed, but lying undermines the foundation for credibility.

— Randal Marlin

The specific media may change, but the principles of human nature have remained fairly constant over the millenia.

— Randal Marlin

Small town people assume you are a friend if you simply remember their names.

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There are many special interests skilful at manipulating circumstances and communications in such a way as to benefit their own ends and…

— Randal Marlin

Anyone familiar with the marvels of the Worldwide Web can hardly fail to see that we have entered a new era in…

— Randal Marlin

In a general way, a major goal of the propagandist is to seek some kind of authoritative backing for the belief he…

— Randal Marlin

We live in a time when complex ethical questions are easily subordinated to the demands of efficiency, profit maximization, and maintenance or…

— Randal Marlin

There are many other ways in which language can be used to manipulate an audience. one obvious way is to simply lie.

— Randal Marlin

To avoid repeating the mistakes of the past, an alert citizenry today should take the trouble to learn how easy it can…

— Randal Marlin

There is arguably something wrong with a method of persuasion that cannot pass the test of publicity.

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Any restrictions to freedom of expression will always open the door to possible others, because analogical reasoning can mount arguments showing why…

— Randal Marlin

Aristotle writes that persuasion is based on three things: the ethos, or personal character of the speaker; the pathos, or getting the…

— Randal Marlin

Propaganda analysis can contribute to world peace by exposing those techniques that lead to armed conflict by creating misapprehension of reality.

— Randal Marlin

It is true that advertising often gives information and is valuable for doing so, but some forms of advertising give precious little…

— Randal Marlin

When we look for propaganda, we have the obvious job of asking what messages are being propagated.

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Exposure as a propagandist is fatal to the would-be persuader.

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The best goal for propaganda analysis is to develop such an understanding of the phenomenon that it will no longer be profitable…

— Randal Marlin

When we consider propaganda as the attempt to shape the thoughts and feelings of others, in ways conforming to the aims of…

— Randal Marlin

The special harm attaching to prior restraint is that the government can keep materials from reaching the public, so there can be…

— Randal Marlin