When we look for propaganda, we have the obvious job of asking what messages are being propagated. - Randal Marlin

In modern times sound policy-making must often come to grips with numbers.

When we consider propaganda as the attempt to shape the thoughts and feelings of others, in ways conforming to the aims of the communicator, we find a vast array of different examples throughout history.

To avoid repeating the mistakes of the past, an alert citizenry today should take the trouble to learn how easy it can be for a powerful minority to manipulate information to win the support-or the indifference-of the majority towards an action.