The Great Enemy Of Any Attempt To

In The Ethical Sense, Propaganda Bears The Same Relation To Education As To Business Or Politics. It May Be Abused. It May Be Used To Over-advertise An Institution And To Create In The Public Mind Artificial Values. There Can Be No Absolute Guarantee Against Its Misuse.

The Public Is Not Cognizant Of The Real Value Of Education, And Does Not Realize That Education As A Social Force Is Not Receiving The Kind Of Attention It Has The Right To Expect In A Democracy.

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

The Invisible Government Tends To Be Concentrated In The Hands Of The Few Because Of The Expense Of Manipulating The Social Machinery Which Controls The Opinions And Habits Of The Masses. To Advertise On A Scale Which Will Reach Fifty Million Persons Is Expensive. To Reach And Persuade The Group Leaders Who Dictate The Public's Thoughts And Actions Is Likewise Expensive.

If You Can Influence The Leaders, Either With Or Without Their Conscious Cooperation, You Automatically Influence The Group Which They Sway. But Men Do Not Need To Be Actually Gathered Together In A Public Meeting Or In A Street Riot, To Be Subject To The Influences Of Mass Psychology. Because Man Is By Nature Gregarious He Feels Himself To Be Member Of A Herd, Even When He Is Alone In His Room With The Curtains Drawn.