The proletarian was alienated not only because he was the servant of the bourgeois but because he became a stranger to the human condition, a sort of… - Jacques Ellul

Man's power is first of all the result of hardening his heart against God: man affirms that he is strong, conquers the world, and builds cities.

A major fact of our present civilization is that more and more sin becomes collective, and the individual is forced to participate in collective sin.

"Arousing an active and mythical belief"

The aim of modern propaganda is no longer to modify ideas, but to provoke action. It is no longer to change adherence to a doctrine, but to make the individual cling irrationally to a process of action. It is no longer to lead to a choice, but to loosen the reflexes. It is no longer to transform an opinion, but to arouse an active and mythical belief.