Articles Quote by Jacques Ellul

The easiest way to propagandize people is to let a propaganda theme go in through an entertainment picture when people do not realize they…

— Elmer Davis

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

In the ethical sense, propaganda bears the same relation to education as to business or politics. It may be abused. It may be used…

— Edward Bernays

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

Whenever there is an organized movement to persuade people to believe or do something, whenever an effort is made to "propagate" a creed or…

— Edwin Way Teale

Nevertheless, this type of propaganda has a special value, for it serves to convince those who sign the appeal, of the necessity for carrying…

— Fredrik Bajer

When we look for propaganda, we have the obvious job of asking what messages are being propagated.

— Randal Marlin

Propaganda is necessary only for the sake of money!

— Sri Aurobindo

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

Again I want to emphasize that the study of propaganda must be conducted within the context of a technological society. Propaganda is called upon…

— Jacques Ellul

Propaganda is a topic of particular concern to peace associations. This is a matter of educating the population in general, and not least the…

— Fredrik Bajer

Propaganda is the art of persuading others of what you don't believe yourself.

— Decimius Magnus Ausonius