Action Quote by Jacques Ellul

[Propaganda] must be aimed at the emotions and only to a very limited degree at the so-called intellect... The art of propaganda lies in…

— Adolf Hitler

(Propaganda) proceeds by psychological manipulations, character modifications, by creation of stereotypes useful when the time comes - The two great routes that this sub-propaganda…

— Jacques Ellul

Propaganda requires a permanent network of communication so that it can systematically stifle reflection with emotive or utopian slogans. Its pace is usually fast.

— John Berger

The essence of propaganda consists in winning people over to an idea so sincerely, so vitally, that in the end they succumb to it…

— Joseph Goebbels

All propaganda must be confined to a few bare necessities and then must be expressed in a few stereotyped formulas . . . Only…

— Adolf Hitler

Having analyzed these traits, we can now advance a definition of propaganda - not an exhaustive definition, unique and exclusive of all others, but…

— Jacques Ellul

The purpose of propaganda is not to provide interesting distraction for blasé young gentlemen, but to convince... the masses. But the masses are slow…

— Adolf Hitler

When we consider propaganda as the attempt to shape the thoughts and feelings of others, in ways conforming to the aims of the communicator,…

— Randal Marlin

The task of propaganda lies not in a scientific training of the individual, but rather in directing the masses toward certain facts, events, necessities,…

— Adolf Hitler

Propaganda tries to force a doctrine on the whole people; the [party] organization embraces within its scope only those who do not threaten on…

— Adolf Hitler

Propaganda has a bad name, but its root meaning is simply to disseminate through a medium, and all writing therefore is propaganda for something.…

— Elizabeth Drew

The truth seems to be that propaganda on its own cannot force its way into unwilling minds; neither can it inculcate something wholly new;…

— Eric Hoffer