In Some Departments Of Our Daily Life,

The Three Main Elements Of Public Relations Are Practically As Old As Society: Informing People, Persuading People, Or Integrating People With People. Of Course, The Means And Methods Of Accomplishing These Ends Have Changed As Society Has Changed.

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.

Vast Numbers Of Human Beings Must Cooperate In This Manner If They Are To Live Together As A Smoothly Functioning Society.

The American Motion Picture Is The Greatest Unconscious Carrier Of Propaganda In The World Today. It Is A Great Distributor For Ideas And Opinions. The Motion Picture Can Standardize The Ideas And Habits Of A Nation. Because Pictures Are Made To Meet Market Demands, They Reflect, Emphasize And Even Exaggerate Broad Popular Tendencies, Rather Than Stimulate New Ideas And Opinions. The Motion Picture Avails Itself Only Of Ideas And Facts Which Are In Vogue. As The Newspaper Seeks To Purvey News, It Seeks To Purvey Entertainment.

The Engineering Of Consent Is The Very Essence Of The Democratic Process, The Freedom To Persuade And Suggest.