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"In Russia we only had two TV channels. Channel One was propaganda. Channel Two consisted of a KGB officer telling you: Turn back at once to Channel One."
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"I remember Nazi election propaganda posters showing a hateful Jewish face with crooked nose."

"What do you think an artist is? ...he is a political being, constantly aware of the heart breaking, passionate, or delightful things that happen in the world, shaping himself completely in their image. Painting is not done to decorate apartments. It is an instrument of war."

"That's basically what's going on now: Everything is propaganda."

"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."

"Moral passion without entertainment is propaganda, and entertainment without moral passion is television."

"One of the expedients of party to acquire influence, within particular districts, is to misrepresent the opinions and aims of other districts."

"They make revolutionary propaganda because they know the privileged class can never be overturned peacefully."

"In Russia we only had two TV channels. Channel One was propaganda. Channel Two consisted of a KGB officer telling you: Turn back at once to Channel One."
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"Homosexuality in Russia is a crime and the punishment is seven years in prison, locked up with the other men. There is a three year waiting list."

"My father described this tall lady who stands in the middle of the New York harbor, holding high a torch to welcome people seeking freedom in America. I instantly fell in love."
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