The most brilliant propagandist technique will yield no success unless one fundamental principle is borne in mind constantly – it must confine itself to a few points and repeat them over and over.
JOSEPH GOEBBELSMozart didn’t need a scheme for his music. He played and sang with the heavenly lightness of a child.
More Joseph Goebbels Quotes
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Not every item of news should be published. Rather must those who control news policies endeavor to make every item of news serve a certain purpose.
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This is the secret of propaganda: Those who are to be persuaded by it should be completely immersed in the ideas of the propaganda, without ever noticing that they are being immersed in it.
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Christianity is not a religion for the masses, let alone for all. Cultivated by few and translated into deeds, it is one of the most splendid blossoms that can grow in the soul of a good man.
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During a war, news should be given out for instruction rather than information.
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Revolutions are spiritual acts. They appear first in people, then in politics and the economy. New people form new structures. The transformation we want is first of all spiritual; that will necessarily change the way things are.
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To attract people, to win over people to that which I have realized as being true, that is called propaganda.
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If you tell a lie, tell a big one.
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I’m so despondent about everything. Everything I try goes totally wrong. There’s no escape from this hole here. I feel drained. So far, I still haven’t found a real purpose in life. Sometimes, I’m afraid to get out of bed in the morning. There’s nothing to get up for.
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A thousand years hence, every German will speak with awe of Stalingrad and remember that it was there that Germany put the seal on her victory.
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When I sit near the ocean in the morning and write my verses and breathe the salty wind which is coming from the water, I rejoice in God and I am blissful, as I was as a child.
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We have had much to bear already. And still more will we have to bear. Let us thank God for being young.
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Propaganda must facilitate the displacement of aggression by specifying the targets for hatred.
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Our starting point is not the individual: We do not subscribe to the view that one should feed the hungry, give drink to the thirsty, or clothe the naked. Our objectives are different: We must have a healthy people in order to prevail in the world.
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Think of the press as a great keyboard on which the government can play.
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The English follow the principle that when one lies, it should be a big lie, and one should stick to it.
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