Crowd men have no sense of humor. It is very difficult to educate solemn and opinionated people. - Everett Dean Martin

For purposes of this discussion, propaganda is defined as the manipulation of the public to the end of securing some specific action.

Its aim is to “put something over” on people, with or without their knowledge or consent… neither truth nor the basic values of civilization get a fair hearing.

Probably the greatest difference among men is this difference in habits of thought. There are some minds which behave merely like the mechanic who having learned his trade in a certain way never can function in any other.