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Propaganda Quotes



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


"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."



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


"I remember Nazi election propaganda posters showing a hateful Jewish face with crooked nose."


"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."


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


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


"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."
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