We shall go down in history as the greatest statesmen of all time,or as the greatest criminals

- Joseph Goebbels

Propaganda works best when those who are being manipulated are confident they are acting on their own free will.

- Joseph Goebbels

A lie told once remains a lie but a lie told a thousand times becomes the truth

- Joseph Goebbels

There was no point in seeking to convert the intellectuals. For intellectuals would never be converted and would anyway always yield to the stronger,…

- Joseph Goebbels

...the rank and file are usually much more primitive than we imagine. Propaganda must therefore always be essentially simple and repetitious.

- Joseph Goebbels

Not every item of news should be published. Rather must those who control news policies endeavor to make every item of news serve a certain purpose.

- Joseph Goebbels

There will come a day, when all the lies will collapse under their own weight, and truth will again triumph.

- Joseph Goebbels

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

- Joseph Goebbels

Think of the press as a great keyboard on which the government can play.

- Joseph Goebbels