Propaganda Quotes - page 13

By contrast, until proof of the contrary, the carbon-copy allegation against Pushyamitra may very reasonably be dismissed as sectarian propaganda. But a 20th-century Hindu scholar will twist and turn the literary data in order to uphold a sectarian and miracle-based calumny against the Hindu ruler Pushyamitra, and to explain away a sobering testimony about the fanaticism of Ashoka, that great secularist patron of Buddhism. Such is the quality of the "scholarship" deployed to undermine the solid consensus that among the world religions, Hinduism has always been the most tolerant by far. (Pushyamitra Shunga)
If it comes to be believed that we are simply a propaganda organ of some kind, as a lot of people believe about some of our competitors, that would be a problem. View quote
Brit Hume
Our recent 5-year labour agreements, in Canada as well as the United States, are based upon experience, logic and principle rather than on pressure, propaganda and force. View quote
Charles E. Wilson
I think there's something unfortunate about the attention that performers get in our media, but the weight of government propaganda is so heavy that anyone with a different point of view who has access to the media has a responsibility to use it. View quote
David Clennon
The papers are only going to show what they want the readers to see. It's all propaganda, to be honest. View quote
Dionne Bromfield
It is claimed, but with what truth we cannot say, that there is a well-defined propaganda among the aliens of colour to bring about the degeneration of the white race. View quote
Emily Murphy
Reaganism as a political movement has enormous resources behind it and it seeks - through stagecraft and through a tremendous level of effort toward propaganda - to present an image of Reagan that is so much larger-than-life that it sort of blinds us all, and keeps us all in a warm, happy, nostalgic state, thinking of a man who can do no wrong. View quote
Eugene Jarecki
The Internet has made it much more effective and cheaper to spread propaganda. View quote
Evgeny Morozov
Much of the international unease with the Sochi Games has focused on the threat of terrorism, Putin's domestic repressiveness, and the Russian campaign of anti-gay propaganda. View quote
George Packer
These films however, have ambiguity built into them, because it's too easy in film to make a strident work of propaganda or advertising, which are really the same thing anyway, meaning the message is unmistakable. View quote
Godfrey Reggio
Ayman Zawahiri, Osama bin Laden's deputy, as well as Abu Musab Zarqawi, have made it quite clear in their internal propaganda that they cannot win unless they can drive the Americans out. And they know that they can't do that there, so they've brought the battlefield to the halls of Congress. (Geoff Davis)
But Big Oil and Big Coal have always been as skilled at propaganda as they are at mining and drilling. Like the tobacco industry before them, their success depends on keeping Americans stupid. View quote
Jeff Goodell
The oblique paradox of propaganda is that the lie in the throat becomes, by repetition, the truth in the heart. View quote
John Grierson
And, consequently, the art of propaganda or public information becomes one of the most powerful forms of directive statesmanship. View quote
John Grierson
In any war, there is a concealment of certain kinds of setbacks because it's propaganda for the enemy. View quote
Kate Adie
The doctrine of Jesus is the most revolutionary propaganda that I have ever encountered. View quote
Lincoln Steffens
Art is more engaging that propaganda. View quote
Larry Norman
Terrorism is in good part an effective government propaganda; it serves to deflect attention from governmental abuse toward a mostly imagined, highly dangerous outside enemy. View quote
Mark Poster
Choosing sepia is all to do with trying to make the image look romantic and idealistic. It's sort of a soft version of propaganda. View quote
Martin Parr
As the Persians wrote very little about how they ran their affairs, the Greek propaganda of the 5th century B.C. has for centuries gone virtually unchallenged - indeed, for Edward Said, it was the beginning of Europe's long habit of misunderstanding and ill-informed contempt of the Middle East. View quote
Neil MacGregor
To a considerable extent we are faced by a technology arms race with terrorists. The communications revolution has made it easier for terrorist groups to reach out to vulnerable individuals with their violent extremist ideology and propaganda. It has also facilitated fundraising, recruitment and training. (Pauline Neville-Jones)
There has been evidence throughout history of cycles when the earth gets warmer and cycles when the earth gets colder. We should always be wise stewards of the earth and all of our natural resources. But as a policymaker, I won't be guided by the global warming propaganda machine. Al Gore - we need you to return your Nobel Peace Prize! View quote
Raul Labrador
Increasingly, people have very little tolerance for anything that smacks of propaganda. View quote
Rebecca MacKinnon
This is what the difference is between Hong Kong and Chinese cinema - Chinese cinema was made for their own communities. It was for propaganda. But Hong Kong made films to entertain, and they know how to communicate with international audiences. View quote
Wong Kar-wai
I can assure you that I have never used my media companies for propaganda, and I will never do so. View quote
Youssou N'Dour