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

Small town people assume you are a friend if you simply remember their names.

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.

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.