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People accept the facts which come to them through existing channels. They like to hear new things in accustomed ways. They have neither the time nor the inclination to search for facts that are not readily available to them.

— Edward Bernays Crystallizing Public Opinion (1923)

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The engineering of consent is the very essence of the democratic process, the freedom to persuade and suggest.

The public relations counsel must always subdivide the appeal of his subject and present it through the widest possible variety of avenues to the public.

Crystallizing Public Opinion (1923)

Propaganda is the executive arm of the invisible government.

Propaganda (1928)

If we understand the mechanism and motives of the group mind, is it now possible to control and regiment the masses according to our will without their knowing it?

Propaganda (1928)

It is sometimes possible to change the attitudes of millions but impossible to change the attitude of one man.

L. Tye The Father of Spin (1998)

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