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We govern what the public think about.


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If we understand the mechanism and motives of the group mind, it is now possible to control and regiment the masses according to our will without them knowing it.

If we understand the mechanism and motives of the group mind, it is now possible to control and regiment the masses according to our will without them knowing it.



We are dominated by the relatively small number of persons who understand the mental processes and social patterns of the masses. It is they who pull the wires which control the public mind.

We are dominated by the relatively small number of persons who understand the mental processes and social patterns of the masses. It is they who pull the wires which control the public mind.



The only difference between 'propaganda' and 'education,' really, is in the point of view. The advocacy of what we believe in is education. The advocacy of what we don't believe in is propaganda.

The only difference between 'propaganda' and 'education,' really, is in the point of view. The advocacy of what we believe in is education. The advocacy of what we don't believe in is propaganda.



We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of.

We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of.



The engineering of consent is the very essence of the democratic process, the freedom to persuade and suggest.

The engineering of consent is the very essence of the democratic process, the freedom to persuade and suggest.



People want to go where they wanted to be led.

People want to go where they wanted to be led.



Men (people) are rarely aware of the real reasons which motivate their actions.

Men (people) are rarely aware of the real reasons which motivate their actions.



Look for a situation in which your work will give you as much happiness as your spare time.

Look for a situation in which your work will give you as much happiness as your spare time.



Any person or organization depends ultimately on public approval, and is therefore faced with the problem of engineering the public's consent to a program or goal.

Any person or organization depends ultimately on public approval, and is therefore faced with the problem of engineering the public's consent to a program or goal.



The great enemy of any attempt to change men's habits is inertia. Civilization is limited by intertia.

The great enemy of any attempt to change men's habits is inertia. Civilization is limited by intertia.





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Even the most absent minded Soldier will develope a memory like a elephant when mistreated.

Even the most absent minded Soldier will develope a memory like a elephant when mistreated.



Our generation is wonderful generation, full of wonder. It's very hard to find an example of it in all our history. Composed of contradictions — light and darkness mixed.

Our generation is wonderful generation, full of wonder. It's very hard to find an example of it in all our history. Composed of contradictions — light and darkness mixed.



In my younger years my dedication may have expressed itself egotistically.

In my younger years my dedication may have expressed itself egotistically.



There is no such thing as character other than the habitual action, as Mr. Aristotle told us two thousand years ago.

There is no such thing as character other than the habitual action, as Mr. Aristotle told us two thousand years ago.



Some good qualities are like the senses: Those who are entirely deprived of them can have no notion of them.

Some good qualities are like the senses: Those who are entirely deprived of them can have no notion of them.



Sometimes all you’ve accomplished by the end of the day is to have maneuvered your body through space without grave incident.

Sometimes all you’ve accomplished by the end of the day is to have maneuvered your body through space without grave incident.



Weather patterns over the next 20 or 30 years are going to be determined by the amount of CO2 that is up there now

Weather patterns over the next 20 or 30 years are going to be determined by the amount of CO2 that is up there now



Bodies, again, Are partly primal germs of things, and partly Unions deriving from the primal germs.

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