Peace Quote by Miklós Bánffy

“There are two different evils about propaganda as now practised. On the one hand, its appeal is generally to irrational causes of belief rather…

— Bertrand Russell

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

The result of this is that so-called peace propaganda is just as dishonest and intellectually disgusting as war propaganda. Like war propaganda, it concentrates…

— George Orwell

“within an established totalitarian regime the purpose of propaganda is not to persuade, much less to inform, but rather to humiliate. From this point…

— Anthony Daniels

Propaganda analysis can contribute to world peace by exposing those techniques that lead to armed conflict by creating misapprehension of reality.

— Randal Marlin

Propaganda's content increasingly resembles information. It has even clearly been proved that a violent, excessive, shock-provoking propaganda texts leads ultimately to less conviction and…

— Jacques Ellul

Why is propaganda so much more successful when it stirs up hatred than when it tries to stir up friendly feeling?

— Bertrand Russell

Propaganda is a soft weapon; hold it in your hands too long, and it will move about like a snake, and strike the other…

— Jean Anouilh

Propaganda must facilitate the displacement of aggression by specifying the targets for hatred.

— Joseph Goebbels

“Why is propaganda so much more successful when it stirs up hatred than when it tries to stir up friendly feeling? The reason is…

— Bertrand Russell

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…

— Walter Lippmann

Loud peace propaganda makes war seem imminent.

— D. H. Lawrence