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QUOTE A DAY - July 15, 2014
Greetings fellow quote lovers:Today we continue presenting quotes from Edward Bernays, Freud's nephew. In his book, Propaganda, he outlines how to use Propaganda. Goebbels used his tactics... but Bernays used these tactics for the US government... and these tactics are still being used by the US government today. By shining a light on the tactics, we *might* be able to inoculate ourselves from its use.
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*---- Quotes For The Week ----*It is not necessary for the politician to be the slave of the public's group prejudices, if he can learn to mold the mind of the voters in conformity with his own ideas of public welfare and public service. The important thing for the statesman of our age is not so much to know how to please the public, but to know how to sway the public.
--Edward Bernays, Propaganda
The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country.
--Edward Bernays, Propaganda
[B]y his power of giving or withholding information, the politician can often effectively censor political news.
--Edward Bernays, Propaganda
**--- MYSTERY QUOTE ---**That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons that history has to teach.
See at the bottom for the answer*---- More Quotes for the Week ----*It will be objected ...that propaganda will tend to defeat itself as its mechanism becomes obvious to the public. My opinion is that it will not.
--Edward Bernays, Propaganda
Only through the wise use of propaganda will our government... be able to maintain that intimate relationship with the public which is necessary in a democracy.
--Edward Bernays, Propaganda
Ours must be a leadership democracy administered by the intelligent minority who know how to regiment and guide the masses.
--Edward Bernays, Propaganda
MYSTERY QUOTE AND ANSWER - DID YOU GUESS CORRECTLY?That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons that history has to teach.
ANSWER: Aldous Huxley
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