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2. “In their propaganda today's dictators rely for the most part on repetition, suppression and rationalization – the repetition of catchwords which they wish to be accepted as true, the suppression of facts which they wish to be ignored, the arousal and rationalization of passions which may be used in ther interests of the Party or the State.”
Aldous Huxley
Propaganda, Dictatorship, Manipulation, Information Control, Political Strategy, Mass Psychology
4. “The negative propaganda of silence is probably more effective as an instrument of persuasion and mental regimentation than speech. Silence creates the condition in which such words as are spoken or written take most effect.” Aldous Huxley Silence, Propaganda, Persuasion, Communication, Psychological Insight, Philosophical Observation
5. “The effectiveness of political and religious propaganda depends upon the methods employed, not upon the doctrines taught. These doctrines may be true or false, wholesome or pernicious it makes little or no difference.” Aldous Huxley Propaganda, Effectiveness, Methods, Doctrines, Political Influence, Psychological Insight
6. “Great is truth, but still greater, from a practical point of view, is silence about truth. By simply not mentioning certain subjects... totalitarian propagandists have influenced opinion much more effectively than they could have by the most eloquent denunciations.” Aldous Huxley Truth, Silence, Propaganda, Influence, Information Control, Political Manipulation
7. “The greatest triumphs of propoganda have been accomplished, not by doing something, but by refraining from doing. Great is truth, but still greater, from a practical point of view, is silence about truth.” Aldous Huxley Propaganda, Truth, Silence, Manipulation, Information Control, Strategic Omission
8. “It's as if we have returned to the era of Protagoras and the sophists, the era when the art of persuasion – for which slogans, commercials, public propaganda meetings, newspapers, cinema, radio are the modern equivalent – took the place of thought, determined the fate of cities and accomplished coups.” Simone Weil Persuasion, Thought, Sophists, Propaganda, Societal Influence, Critical Thinking
15. ““Four legs good, two legs better! Four legs good, two legs better! Four legs good, two legs better!” It went on for five minutes without stopping. And by the time the sheep had quieted down, the chance to utter any protest had passed, for the pigs had marched back into the farmhouse.” George Orwell Manipulation, Control, Society, Propaganda, Revolt
25. “It was given out that the animals there practised cannibalism, tortured one another with red-hot horseshoes, and had their females in common. This was what came of rebelling against the laws of Nature, Frederick and Pilkington said.” George Orwell Propaganda, Rebellion, Fear, Slander, Manipulation
28. “Processions, meetings, military parades, lectures, waxwork displays, film shows, telescreen programs all had to be organized; stands had to be erected, effigies built, slogans coined, songs written, rumours circulated, photographs faked.” George Orwell Propaganda, Control, Society, Manipulation, Power
29. “The Russian Bolsheviks have discovered that truth does not matter so long as there is reiteration. They have no difficulty whatever in countering a fact by a lie which, if repeated often enough and loudly enough, becomes accepted by the people.” Winston Churchill Bolsheviks, Propaganda, Truth, Repetition, Influence
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2. “In their propaganda today's dictators rely for the most part on repetition, suppression and rationalization – the repetition of catchwords which they wish to be accepted as true, the suppression of facts which they wish to be ignored, the arousal and rationalization of passions which may be used in ther interests of the Party or the State.”
Aldous Huxley Propaganda, Dictatorship, Manipulation, Information Control, Political Strategy, Mass Psychology
4. “The negative propaganda of silence is probably more effective as an instrument of persuasion and mental regimentation than speech. Silence creates the condition in which such words as are spoken or written take most effect.”
Aldous Huxley Silence, Propaganda, Persuasion, Communication, Psychological Insight, Philosophical Observation
5. “The effectiveness of political and religious propaganda depends upon the methods employed, not upon the doctrines taught. These doctrines may be true or false, wholesome or pernicious it makes little or no difference.”
Aldous Huxley Propaganda, Effectiveness, Methods, Doctrines, Political Influence, Psychological Insight
6. “Great is truth, but still greater, from a practical point of view, is silence about truth. By simply not mentioning certain subjects... totalitarian propagandists have influenced opinion much more effectively than they could have by the most eloquent denunciations.”
Aldous Huxley Truth, Silence, Propaganda, Influence, Information Control, Political Manipulation
7. “The greatest triumphs of propoganda have been accomplished, not by doing something, but by refraining from doing. Great is truth, but still greater, from a practical point of view, is silence about truth.”
Aldous Huxley Propaganda, Truth, Silence, Manipulation, Information Control, Strategic Omission
8. “It's as if we have returned to the era of Protagoras and the sophists, the era when the art of persuasion – for which slogans, commercials, public propaganda meetings, newspapers, cinema, radio are the modern equivalent – took the place of thought, determined the fate of cities and accomplished coups.”
Simone Weil Persuasion, Thought, Sophists, Propaganda, Societal Influence, Critical Thinking
15. ““Four legs good, two legs better! Four legs good, two legs better! Four legs good, two legs better!” It went on for five minutes without stopping. And by the time the sheep had quieted down, the chance to utter any protest had passed, for the pigs had marched back into the farmhouse.”
George Orwell Manipulation, Control, Society, Propaganda, Revolt
25. “It was given out that the animals there practised cannibalism, tortured one another with red-hot horseshoes, and had their females in common. This was what came of rebelling against the laws of Nature, Frederick and Pilkington said.”
George Orwell Propaganda, Rebellion, Fear, Slander, Manipulation
28. “Processions, meetings, military parades, lectures, waxwork displays, film shows, telescreen programs all had to be organized; stands had to be erected, effigies built, slogans coined, songs written, rumours circulated, photographs faked.”
George Orwell Propaganda, Control, Society, Manipulation, Power
29. “The Russian Bolsheviks have discovered that truth does not matter so long as there is reiteration. They have no difficulty whatever in countering a fact by a lie which, if repeated often enough and loudly enough, becomes accepted by the people.”
Winston Churchill Bolsheviks, Propaganda, Truth, Repetition, Influence
