Propaganda is to a democracy what the bludgeon is to a totalitarian state. Noam Chomsky
Propaganda is that branch of the art of lying which consists in nearly deceiving your friends without quite deceiving your enemies. F M Cornford
Propaganda, to be effective, must be believed. To be believed, it must be credible. To be credible, it must be true. Hubert Humphrey
Propaganda is a soft weapon; hold it in your hands too long, and it will move about like a snake, and strike the other way. Jean Anouilh
Propaganda does not deceive people; it merely helps them to deceive themselves. Eric Hoffer
The best propaganda omits rather than invents. Mason Cooley
Why is propaganda so much more successful when it stirs up hatred than when it tries to stir up friendly feeling? Bertrand Russell
By the skilful and sustained use of propaganda, one can make a people see even heaven as hell or an extremely wretched life as paradise. Adolf Hitler
Like the effect of advertising upon the customer, the methods of political propaganda tend to increase the feeling of insignificance of the individual voter. Erich Fromm
Only the mob and the elite can be attracted by the momentum of totalitarianism itself. The masses have to be won by propaganda. Hannah Arendt