Analysis Quote by Randal Marlin

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 best defense against propaganda: more propaganda.

— Edward Bernays

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 invariably serves the long-term interests of some elite.

— John Berger

[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

The art of propaganda lies in understanding the emotional ideas of the great masses and finding, through a psychologically correct form, the way to…

— Adolf Hitler

“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 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

Propaganda is necessary only for the sake of money!

— Sri Aurobindo

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 greatest propaganda in the world is our mother tongue, that is what we learn as children, and which we learn unconsciously. That shapes…

— Marshall McLuhan

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