Friendly Quote by Bertrand Russell

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

— Bertrand Russell

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

“There are two different evils about propaganda as now practised. On the one hand, its appeal is generally to irrational causes of belief rather…

— Bertrand Russell

Propaganda must facilitate the displacement of aggression by specifying the targets for hatred.

— Joseph Goebbels

The essence of propaganda consists in winning people over to an idea so sincerely, so vitally, that in the end they succumb to it…

— Joseph Goebbels

The truth seems to be that propaganda on its own cannot force its way into unwilling minds; neither can it inculcate something wholly new;…

— Eric Hoffer

Hate, hunger, and pride make better levers of propaganda than do love or impartiality.

— Jacques Ellul

Propaganda is a soft weapon; hold it in your hands too long, and it will move about like a snake, and strike the other…

— Jean Anouilh

The best defense against propaganda: more propaganda.

— Edward Bernays

[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

In my humble opinion, propaganda is one of the most evil tools humans have used against humans throughout history to justify wars, justify atrocities,…

— Matthew Heineman

The more modest its intellectual ballast, the more exclusively it takes into consideration the emotions of the masses, the more effective [propaganda] will be.

— Adolf Hitler