Valery Giscard D'estang Quotes

The word "education" has an evil sound in politics; there is a pretense of education, when the real purpose is coercion without the use of force.

Socialists have infiltrated our schools, our law courts, our government, our MEDIA OF COMMUNICATIONS. ... the Socialist movement is made up of a relatively small number of people who have developed the TECHNIQUE OF INFLUENCING large masses of people to a VERY HIGH DEGREE

Propaganda is to a democracy what violence is to a dictatorship.

Propaganda does not aim to elevate man, but to make him serve.

When it comes to controlling human beings, there is no better instrument than lies. Because you see, humans live by beliefs. And beliefs can be manipulated. The power to manipulate beliefs is the only thing that counts.

Advertising men and politicians are dangerous if they are separated. Together they are diabolical.

In a democracy, as a matter of course, every effort is made to seize upon and create publick opinion, which is, substantially, securing power.

Manipulation is persuading people to make up their minds while withholding some of the facts from them.

If you tell people something often enough, they will believe it.

It is so obvious that we are constantly monitored and manipulated both in advertising and in politics.

It turns out we are all quite easily swayed if someone knows what they are doing - which is a great thing and a dangerous thing.

Propaganda is amazing. People can be led to believe anything.

Democracy consists of choosing your dictators, after they've told you what you think it is you want to hear.

If you don't give education to people, it is easy to manipulate them.

It may be true that you can't fool all the people all the time, but you can fool enough of them to rule a large country.

The right can distort anything it wants.

Whoever controls the media, controls the mind.

Because I live and work in Washington, D.C., I have a ringside seat at the world capital of The Persuasive Arts, or, as I like to call it, The Opinions Racket.

One must do things in such a way that people believe that they want it to be done this way.

People are dumb, People are dumb, Promise ‘em peace and kingdom come. / People are dopes, People are dopes, Play on their peeves, play on their hopes. / Make ‘em feel mad, Make ‘em feel mad, Everything’s lousy, everything’s bad. / Make ‘em afraid, Make ‘em afraid, Show ‘em they’re dupes, tricked and betrayed. / Then if they bite, Then if they bite, You will have fools to fight your fight.

Propaganda is the art of persuading others of what one does not believe oneself.

The delusion of the people is necessary to the dominant party. I see the extent to which that delusion has been already carried, and I see there is no length to which it may not be pushed by a party in possession of the revenues and the legal authorities of the United States

There is no subjugation so perfect as that which keeps the appearance of freedom, for in that way one captures volition itself.

It is the emergence of mass media which makes possible the use of propaganda techniques on a societal scale. The orchestration of press, radio and television to create a continuous, lasting and total environment renders the influence of propaganda virtually unnoticed precisely because it creates a constant environment.

We must form men so that they can only will what we wish them to will.