Propaganda Quotes

473 Propaganda quotes by 311 unique authors

Small groups of persons can, and do, make the rest of us think what they please about a given subject. But there are usually proponents… — Edward Bernays
The world state must begin; it can only begin, as a propaganda cult, or as a group of propagandist cults, to which men and women… — H.G. Wells
The term propaganda rings melodramatic and exaggerated, but a press that—whether from fear, careerism, or conviction—uncritically recites false government claims and reports them as fact,… — Glenn Greenwald
It can be considered a rule that the probable duration of an Empire may be prognosticated by the degree to which its rulers believe in… — Doris Lessing
Most literary critics agree that fiction cannot be reduced to mere falsehood. Well-crafted protagonists come to life, pornography causes orgasms, and the pretense that life… — William T. Vollmann
Compared with the BBC's studied neutrality, Fox comes across as a kind of Gong Show of propaganda. — Unknown Author
The leading student of business propaganda, Australian social scientist Alex Carey, argues persuasively that “the 20th century has been characterized by three developments of great… — Noam Chomsky
Because they don't teach the truth about the world, schools have to rely on beating students over the head with propaganda about democracy. If schools… — Noam Chomsky
Nevertheless, this type of propaganda has a special value, for it serves to convince those who sign the appeal, of the necessity for carrying on… — Fredrik Bajer
Propaganda is a topic of particular concern to peace associations. This is a matter of educating the population in general, and not least the voters. — Fredrik Bajer
To admire Satan [in Paradise Lost] is to give one's vote not only for a world of misery, but also for a world of lies… — C.S. Lewis
Why you fool, it's the educated reader who can be gulled. All our difficulty comes with the others. When did you meet a workman who believes the… — C.S. Lewis
The best protection against propaganda of any sort is the recognition of it for what it is. Only hidden and undetected oratory is really insidious.… — Mortimer Adler
My view is FOX News is a propaganda outlet for the Republican Party and I don't comment on FOX News. — Howard Dean
Propaganda must appeal to mankind's better judgment and to the necessary belief in a better future. For this belief, the valley of the shadow of… — Christian Lous Lange
On May 7, a few weeks after the accident at Three-Mile Island, I was in Washington. I was there to refute some of that propaganda… — Edward Teller
We did not lack for religious leaders to urge us into "godly" war [...]. All of this was part of a well-financed propaganda campaign on… — Eustace Mullins
Ask yourself why totalitarian dictatorships find it necessary to pour money and effort into propaganda for their own helpless, chained, gagged slaves, who have no… — Ayn Rand
The greatest propaganda in the world is our mother tongue, that is what we learn as children, and which we learn unconsciously. That shapes our… — Marshall McLuhan
The literate man is a sucker for propaganda...You cannot propagandize a native. You can sell him rum and trinkets, but you cannot sell him ideas. — Marshall McLuhan
Art is inherently subversive. It’s destabilizing. It undermines what you already know and what you already think. It is the opposite of propaganda. — Deborah Eisenberg
Propaganda must facilitate the displacement of aggression by specifying the targets for hatred. — Joseph Goebbels
Good propaganda does not need to lie, indeed it may not lie. It has no reason to fear the truth. It is a mistake to… — Joseph Goebbels
It is not propaganda’s task to be intelligent, its task is to lead to success. — Joseph Goebbels
Pornography, it seems to me, is no different from war films or propaganda films in that it tries to make the visceral, horrific, or transgressive… — Michael Haneke

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