Propaganda Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old propaganda quotes, propaganda sayings, and propaganda proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

Propaganda is to a democracy what violence is to a dictatorship. William Blum
All propaganda has to be popular and has to accommodate itself to the comprehension of the least intelligent of those whom it seeks to reach. Adolf Hitler
Propaganda in the ordinary sense of the term plays a less important part in a consumer society, where people greet all official pronouncements with suspicion. Christopher Lasch
Propaganda is a sprinter, but truth is a long-distance runner. Ernest Partridge
All propaganda is lies, even when one is telling the truth. George Orwell
To whom should propaganda be addressed? To the scientifically trained intelligentsia or the less educated masses? It must be addressed always and exclusively to the masses. Adolf Hitler
It is arguable that the success of business propaganda in persuading us, for so long, that we are free from propaganda is one of the most significant propaganda achievements of the twentieth century. Alex Carey
Propaganda is amazing. People can be led to believe anything. Alice Walker.
No amount of false propaganda can sanitize meat. Chrissie Hynde
Propaganda must appeal to mankind's better judgment and to the necessary belief in a better future. For this belief, the valley of the shadow of death is but a war station on the road to the blessed summit. Christian Lous Lange
You cannot get through the density of the propaganda with which the American people, through the dreaded media, have been filled and the horrible public educational system we have for the average person. It's just grotesque. Gore Vidal
It's so easy for propaganda to work, and dissent to be mocked. Harold Pinter
It is well known that in war, the first casualty is truth - that during any war truth is forsaken for propaganda. Harry Browne
Every time we are confronted with a new revolution we take to the opium pipes of our own propaganda. I. F. Stone
When there is propaganda, we are no longer able to evaluate certain questions, or even to discuss them Jacques Ellul
Again I want to emphasize that the study of propaganda must be conducted within the context of a technological society. Propaganda is called upon to solve problems created by technology, to play on maladjustments, and to integrate the individual into a technological world. Jacques Ellul
It is the emergence of mass media which makes possible the use of propaganda techniques on a societal scale. Jacques Ellul
We have seen the corrupting effects of a deliberate propaganda campaign driven by fake news. Jimmy Gomez
Good propaganda does not need to lie, indeed it may not lie. It has no reason to fear the truth. It is a mistake to believe that people cannot take the truth. They can. It is only a matter of presenting the truth to people in a way that they will be able to understand. A propaganda that lies proves that it has a bad cause. It cannot be successful in the long run. Joseph Goebbels
There is nothing to prevent you from pushing your propaganda, to push your programme out to the students or with the public at large…and if you can carry the ground, if you are right, you win. That’s democracy. Lee Kuan Yew
All over the place, from the popular culture to the propaganda system, there is constant pressure to make people feel that they are helpless, that the only role they can have is to ratify decisions and to consume. Noam Chomsky
There is massive propaganda for everyone to consume. Consumption is good for profits and consumption is good for the political establishment. Noam Chomsky
The liberty of thinking and publishing whatsoever each one likes, without any hindrances, is not in itself an advantage over which society can wisely rejoice. On the contrary, it is the fountainhead and origin of many evils. Pope Leo XIII
The truth is the best picture, the best propaganda. Robert Capa
But what is propaganda, if not the effort to alter the picture to which men respond, to substitute one social pattern for another? Walter Lippmann