In a general way, a major goal of the propagandist is to seek some kind of authoritative backing for the belief he or she is propagating..

Down to the present day the luminous image of democracy has often served as a pretext for the most undemocratic actions..

It is true that advertising often gives information and is valuable for doing so, but some forms of advertising give precious little information, and….

Since the time of Plato and Aristotle philosophers have had an interest in taking note of common fallacies in reasoning..

To avoid repeating the mistakes of the past, an alert citizenry today should take the trouble to learn how easy it can be for a powerful minority to ….

Party politics in modern democratic society means pandering to a wide variety of different groups and sympathizing with their often quite base motive….

In modern times sound policy-making must often come to grips with numbers..

There are many other ways in which language can be used to manipulate an audience. one obvious way is to simply lie..

Exposure as a propagandist is fatal to the would-be persuader..

Anyone familiar with the marvels of the Worldwide Web can hardly fail to see that we have entered a new era in communications on a scale perhaps comp….

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

The specific media may change, but the principles of human nature have remained fairly constant over the millenia..

Once we recognize the power of propaganda, we need to ask whether its exercise is consistent with those democratic ideals to which lip-service is com….

When we consider propaganda as the attempt to shape the thoughts and feelings of others, in ways conforming to the aims of the communicator, we find ….

When you give false information you tend to restrict the freedom of choice to others..

There are many special interests skilful at manipulating circumstances and communications in such a way as to benefit their own ends and not necessar….

The best goal for propaganda analysis is to develop such an understanding of the phenomenon that it will no longer be profitable for people to engage….

We live in a time when complex ethical questions are easily subordinated to the demands of efficiency, profit maximization, and maintenance or furthe….

Small town people assume you are a friend if you simply remember their names..

Any restrictions to freedom of expression will always open the door to possible others, because analogical reasoning can mount arguments showing why ….

There is arguably something wrong with a method of persuasion that cannot pass the test of publicity..