Propaganda Quotes

473 Propaganda quotes by 311 unique authors

Film is the manipulative medium par excellence. When you think back on the history of film and the 20th century, you see the propaganda that's… — Michael Haneke
Is the president purposefully using propaganda and hyperbole to garner the American public for support? — Sean Hannity
I don't think art is propaganda; it should be something that liberates the soul, provokes the imagination and encourages people to go further. It celebrates… — Keith Haring
Propaganda does not deceive people; it merely helps them to deceive themselves. — Eric Hoffer
Propaganda, to be effective, must be believed. To be believed, it must be credible. To be credible, it must be true. — Hubert H. Humphrey
I believe sustainable use is the greatest propaganda in wildlife conservation at the moment. — Steve Irwin
News represents another form of advertising, not liberal propaganda. — Christopher Lasch
The reporting of news has to be understood as propaganda for commodities, and events by images. — Christopher Lasch
Propaganda in the ordinary sense of the term plays a less important part in a consumer society, where people greet all official pronouncements with suspicion. — Christopher Lasch
Loud peace propaganda makes war seem imminent. — D. H. Lawrence
I think there are many times when it would be most efficient to use nuclear weapons. However, the public opinion in this country and throughout… — Curtis LeMay
Our program necessarily includes the propaganda of atheism. — Vladimir Lenin
People everywhere confuse what they read in newspapers with news. — A J Liebling
Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one. — A J Liebling
It is part of the general pattern of misguided policy that our country is now geared to an arms economy which was bred in an… — Douglas MacArthur
One cannot wage war under present conditions without the support of public opinion, which is tremendously molded by the press and other forms of propaganda. — Douglas MacArthur
Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses… — Charles Mackay
What orators lack in depth they make up for in length. — Baron de Montesquieu
All the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting. — George Orwell
In fact, because of this deep desire for peace, the ruling class leaders of this land, from 1945 on, stepped up the hysteria and propaganda… — Paul Robeson
Why is propaganda so much more successful when it stirs up hatred than when it tries to stir up friendly feeling? — Bertrand Russell
In Russia we only had two TV channels. Channel One was propaganda. Channel Two consisted of a KGB officer telling you: Turn back at once… — Yakov Smirnoff
In our country the lie has become not just a moral category but a pillar of the State. — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
If people in the media cannot decide whether they are in the business of reporting news or manufacturing propaganda, it is all the more important… — Thomas Sowell
Freedom has cost too much blood and agony to be relinquished at the cheap price of rhetoric. — Thomas Sowell

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