There are many other ways in which language can be used to manipulate an audience. one obvious way is to simply lie.

We live in a time when complex ethical questions are easily subordinated to the demands of efficiency, profit maximization, and maintenance or furthering of political power.

Anyone familiar with the marvels of the Worldwide Web can hardly fail to see that we have entered a new era in communications on a scale perhaps comparable to the invention of the Gutenberg press.

Once we recognize the power of propaganda, we need to ask whether its exercise is consistent with those democratic ideals to which lip-service is commonly accorded.

The liar wants to be believed, but lying undermines the foundation for credibility.

When we look for propaganda, we have the obvious job of asking what messages are being propagated.

When you give false information you tend to restrict the freedom of choice to others.

It is true that advertising often gives information and is valuable for doing so, but some forms of advertising give precious little information, and even that little is wrong.

There is arguably something wrong with a method of persuasion that cannot pass the test of publicity.

Since the time of Plato and Aristotle philosophers have had an interest in taking note of common fallacies in reasoning.

Propaganda analysis can contribute to world peace by exposing those techniques that lead to armed conflict by creating misapprehension of reality.

A clear vision makes the soul merry

All philosophy in two words - sustain and abstain.

Someone who knows only music, understands nothing about it.

My husband is the most brilliant father on the planet.

A good friend will help you plant your tulips. A great friend will help you plant a gun on the unarmed intruder you just shot.

Although people rarely died playing Quidditch, referees had been known to vanish and turn up months later in the Sahara Desert.

After waking up, I take my vitamins and eat fruit or, sometimes, bread with garlic, which is good for your health.

Economic equality is the master-key to nonviolent independence.

Yeah? Rock 'n' Roll is fast, you know. If all goes according to plan I could be in rehab next thursday. Tuesday week I'll be living on an island with a small Indian boy.

I’ve heard it said: ‘By his home you shall know him’; and we all know that we must pay attention to anyone who reverses the subject and auxiliary verb in his sentence.