Communication Quote by John Berger

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

Propaganda tries first of all to create conditioned reflexes in the individual so that certain words, signs, or symbols, even certain persons or facts,…

— 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

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

— Adolf Hitler

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

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

The propagandist must utilize all of the technical means at his disposal - the press, radio, TV, movies, posters, meetings, door-to-door canvassing...There is no…

— Jacques Ellul

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 orchestration of press, radio and television to create a continuous, lasting and total environment renders the influence of propaganda virtually unnoticed precisely because…

— Jacques Ellul

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

All propaganda has to be popular and has to accommodate itself to the comprehension of the least intelligent of those whom it seeks to…

— Adolf Hitler