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Propaganda Quotes by Walter Lippmann
- We must remember that in time of war what is said on the enemy's side of the front is always propaganda and what is said…
- 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…
- But what is propaganda, if not the effort to alter the picture to which men respond, to substitute one social pattern for another?
- 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…
- Only when the war propaganda of the victors is entered into the history books of the vanquished, (and this is also believed by succeeding generations),…
More Propaganda Quotes
- Only the mob and the elite can be attracted by the momentum of totalitarianism itself. The masses have to be won by… — 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… — 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… — Jean Anouilh