The propagandist merely wishes you to think as he does. The educator is more modest; he is so delighted if you think at all that he is willing to let… - Everett Dean Martin

Every government, our own included, fights with propaganda as deadly as poison gas.

The educator aims at a slow process of development; the propagandist, at quick results. The educator tries to tell people how to think; the propagandist, what to think. The educator strives to develop individual responsibility; the propagandist, mass effects. The educator wants thinking; the propagandist, action. The educator fails unless he achieves an open mind; the propagandist, unless he achieves a closed mind.

Governments and churches and ruling classes and commercial groups have always sought to get their hands on the institutions for the education of youth and utilize them for their own interests.