BlogHide Resteemsedwardbernays (43)in quotes • 4 years agoEdward Bernays Quotes"It is obvious that politics would gain much in prestige if the money-raising campaign were conducted candidly and publicly, like the campaigns for the war funds. Charity drives might be made…edwardbernays (43)in zappl • 5 years agoEdward Bernays Quotes"control" Edward L. Bernaysedwardbernays (43)in quotes • 5 years agoEdward Bernays Quotes"The myth of the detached manipulator and compliant crowd has, since the Twenties, also been abundantly re-echoed by academic students of mass suasion." Edward L. Bernaysedwardbernays (43)in quote • 5 years agoEdward Bernays Quotes"Universal literacy was supposed to educate the common man to control his environment. Once he could read and write he would have a mind fit to rule. So ran the democratic doctrine. But instead of a…edwardbernays (43)in quote • 5 years agoEdward Bernays Quotes"The public is not an amorphous mass which can be molded at will, or dictated to. Both business and the public have their own personalities which must somehow be brought into friendly…edwardbernays (43)in quote • 5 years agoEdward Bernays Quotes"The public relations counsel must deal with the fact that persons who have little knowledge of a subject almost invariably form definite and positive judgments upon that subject." Edward L.…edwardbernays (43)in zappl • 5 years agoEdward Bernays Quotes"control" Edward L. Bernaysedwardbernays (43)in zappl • 5 years agoEdward Bernays Quotes"The public is not cognizant of the real value of education, and does not realize that education as a social force is not receiving the kind of attention it has the right to expect in a…edwardbernays (43)in zappl • 5 years agoEdward Bernays Quotes"There are invisible rulers who control the destinies of millions. It is not generally realized to what extent the words and actions of our most influential public men are dictated by shrewd persons…edwardbernays (43)in quote • 5 years agoEdward Bernays Quotes"The myth of the detached manipulator and compliant crowd has, since the Twenties, also been abundantly re-echoed by academic students of mass suasion." Edward L. Bernaysedwardbernays (43)in quotes • 5 years agoEdward Bernays Quotes"The public relations counsel must deal with the fact that persons who have little knowledge of a subject almost invariably form definite and positive judgments upon that subject." Edward L.…edwardbernays (43)in quote • 5 years agoEdward Bernays Quotes"Universal literacy was supposed to educate the common man to control his environment. Once he could read and write he would have a mind fit to rule. So ran the democratic doctrine. But instead of a…edwardbernays (43)in quotes • 5 years agoEdward Bernays Quotes"It is asked whether, in fact, the leader makes propaganda, or whether propaganda makes the leader. There is a widespread impression that a good press agent can puff up a nobody into a great man.…edwardbernays (43)in quotes • 5 years agoEdward Bernays Quotes"Propaganda is aimed mainly at Bernays’s potential corporate clientele. And yet the author variously masks that plutocratic bias." Edward L. Bernaysedwardbernays (43)in zappl • 5 years agoEdward Bernays Quotes"The history of the industrial revolution shows how that power passed from the king and the aristocracy to the bourgeoisie. Universal suffrage and universal schooling reinforced this tendency, and…edwardbernays (43)in zappl • 5 years agoEdward Bernays Quotes"In place of thoughts it has impulses, habits, and emotions." Edward L. Bernaysedwardbernays (43)in quotes • 5 years agoEdward Bernays Quotes"The great political problem in our modern democracy is how to induce our leaders to lead." Edward L. Bernaysedwardbernays (43)in zappl • 5 years agoEdward Bernays Quotes"It is asked whether, in fact, the leader makes propaganda, or whether propaganda makes the leader. There is a widespread impression that a good press agent can puff up a nobody into a great man.…edwardbernays (43)in quotes • 5 years agoEdward Bernays Quotes"What are the true reasons why the purchaser is planning to spend his money on a new car instead of a piano? Because he has decided that he wants the commodity called locomotion more than he wants…edwardbernays (43)in quote • 5 years agoEdward Bernays Quotes"That propaganda easily seduces even those whom it most horrifies is a paradox that Bernays grasped completely; and it is one that we must try at last to understand, if we want to change the world…