Propaganda Quotes

473 Propaganda quotes by 311 unique authors

There was promulgation of false propaganda by the administration about the existence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. There was promulgation of false propaganda… — Jimmy Carter
The nation in arms is virtually a communist state: the people must be paid wages and fed and protected and regimented behind the lines as… — Jacques Barzun
Without some form of censorship, propaganda in the strict sense of the word is impossible. In order to conduct propaganda there must be some barrier… — Walter Lippmann
I'm proud of our court. It knocks back a lot of the propaganda the Communists put out about the way America treats her Negroes. — Nat King Cole
The world is progressing, the future is bright and no one can change this general trend of history. We should carry on constant propaganda among… — Mao Zedong
Propaganda ... serves more to justify ourselves than to convince others; and the more reason we have to feel guilty, the more fervent our propaganda. — Eric Hoffer
Hollywood no longer depicts reporters in ruthless pursuit of criminals, high and low. Now they are the criminals. — Frank Rich
Truth is the most precious thing. That's why we should ration it. — Vladimir Lenin
Gentlemen, I am ready for the questions to my answers. — Charles de Gaulle
The truth is that the newspaper is not a place for information to be given, rather it is just hollow content, or more than that,… — Karl Kraus
The whole purpose of propaganda is to make the obvious seem obscure, or offensive — Stefan Molyneux
It reminded us that propaganda in some form or other lurks in every book, that every work of art has a meaning and a purpose… — George Orwell
But what is propaganda, if not the effort to alter the picture to which men respond, to substitute one social pattern for another? — Walter Lippmann
You cannot get through the density of the propaganda with which the American people, through the dreaded media, have been filled and the horrible public… — Gore Vidal
(Propaganda) proceeds by psychological manipulations, character modifications, by creation of stereotypes useful when the time comes - The two great routes that this sub-propaganda takes… — Jacques Ellul
The papers conducted by Lord Rothermere and Lord Beaverbrook are not newspapers in the ordinary acceptance of the term. They are engines of propaganda for… — Stanley Baldwin
The news of the days it reaches the newspaper office is an incredible medley of fact, propaganda, rumor, suspicion, clues, hopes, and fears, and the… — Walter Lippmann
I believe that the BBC, in spite of the stupidity of its foreign propaganda and the unbearable voices of its announcers, is very truthful. It… — George Orwell
All propaganda is lies, even when one is telling the truth. — George Orwell
Persecution in intellectual countries produces a superficial conformity, but also underneath an intense, incessant, implacable doubt. — Walter Bagehot
The power of authority is never more subtle and effective than when it produces a psychological atmosphere or climate favorable to the life of certain… — Arthur Balfour
But those dealing in the actual manufacture of mind are dealing in a very explosive material. The material is not merely the clay of which… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
The restriction of knowledge to an elite group destroys the spirit of the society and leads to its intellectual impoverishment. — Albert Einstein
Not every item of news should be published. Rather must those who control news policies endeavor to make every item of news serve a certain… — Joseph Goebbels
Television was our chief tool in selling our policy. — Richard N. Haass

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