Exposure as a propagandist is fatal to the would-be persuader. - Randal Marlin

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

Party politics in modern democratic society means pandering to a wide variety of different groups and sympathizing with their often quite base motives, such as revenge, power, booty, and spoils, to maintain the necessary level of support.

The best goal for propaganda analysis is to develop such an understanding of the phenomenon that it will no longer be profitable for people to engage in it.