We Govern What The Public Think About.

When I Came Back To The United States, I Decided That If You Could Use Propaganda For War, You Could Certainly Use It For Peace. And "propaganda" Got To Be A Bad Word Because Of The Germans Using It, So What I Did Was To Try And Find Some Other Words So We Found The Word "councelor Of Public Relations".

The Best Defense Against Propaganda: More Propaganda.

In Theory, Everybody Buys The Best And Cheapest Commodities Offered To Him On The Market. In Practice, If Every One Went Around Pricing, And Chemically Testing Before Purchasing, The Dozens Of Soaps Or Fabrics Or Brands Of Bread Which Are For Sale, Economic Life Would Become Hopelessly Jammed.

If We Understand The Mechanisms And Motives Of The Group Mind, It Is Now Possible To Control And Regiment The Masses According To Our Will Without Their Knowing It In Almost Every Act Of Our Daily Lives, Whether In The Sphere Of Politics Or Business, In Our Social Conduct Or Our Ethical Thinking, 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.

If You Can Influence The Leaders, Either With Or Without Their Conscious Cooperation, You Automatically Influence The Group Which They Sway.