Propaganda Quotes

473 quotes by 323 authors

Only the mob and the elite can be attracted by the momentum of totalitarianism itself. The masses have to be won by propaganda. — Hannah Arendt
A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep. — Saul Bellow
History is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools. — Ambrose Bierce
Art is moral passion married to entertainment. Moral passion without entertainment is propaganda, and entertainment without moral passion is television. — Rita Mae Brown
It is well known that in war, the first casualty is truth - that during any war truth is forsaken for propaganda. — Harry Browne
The most important service rendered by the press and the magazines is that of educating people to approach printed matter with distrust. — Samuel Butler
Men willingly believe what they wish. — Julius Caesar
All over the place, from the popular culture to the propaganda system, there is constant pressure to make people feel that they are helpless, that… — Noam Chomsky
There is massive propaganda for everyone to consume. Consumption is good for profits and consumption is good for the political establishment. — Noam Chomsky
Propaganda is to a democracy what the bludgeon is to a totalitarian state. — Noam Chomsky
In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies. — Winston Churchill
Propaganda is a soft weapon; hold it in your hands too long, and it will move about like a snake, and strike the other way. — Jean Anouilh
If they embark on this course the difference between the old and the new education will be an important one. Where the old initiated, the… — C.S. Lewis
There has been one persistent theme through all Axis propaganda. This theme has been that Americans are admittedly rich, that Americans have considerable industrial power… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
The enormous gap between what US leaders do in the world and what Americans think their leaders are doing is one of the great propaganda… — Michael Parenti
...History shows that ... (people) can be deflected from their natural tendencies by artful propaganda, bogus crises, or other political trickery. — Robert Higgs
Laws just or unjust may govern men's actions. Tyrannies may restrain or regulate their words. The machinery of propaganda may pack their minds with falsehood… — Winston Churchill
Like the effect of advertising upon the customer, the methods of political propaganda tend to increase the feeling of insignificance of the individual voter. — Erich Fromm
Propaganda has a bad name, but its root meaning is simply to disseminate through a medium, and all writing therefore is propaganda for something. It's… — Elizabeth Drew
For the totalitarian mind, adherence to state propaganda does not suffice: one must display proper enthusiasm while marching in the parade. — Noam Chomsky

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