The oblique paradox of propaganda is that the lie in the throat becomes, by repetition, the truth in the heart. John Grierson Read Quote
Beware the ends of the earth and the exotic: the drama is on your doorstep wherever the slums; are, wherever there is malnutrition, wherever there is exploitation and cruelty. John Grierson Read Quote
My view… would be that we are entering upon a new and interim society which is neither capitalist nor socialist, but in which we can achieve central planning without loss of individual initiative, by the mere process of absorbing initiative in the function of planning. John Grierson Read Quote
In fact, the individual outlook becomes less and less valuable and more and more harmful unless it is transmitted into the corporate outlook. John Grierson Read Quote
The life of the village became more and more affected by strikes and lock-outs. John Grierson Read Quote
Political conflicts distort and disturb a people’s sense of distinction between matters of importance and matters of urgency. What is vital is disguised by what is merely a matter of well being. John Grierson Read Quote
My personal view is that such total planning by the state is an absolute good and not simply a relative good… I do not myself think of the attitude I take as deriving from Marx – though this undoubtedly will be suggested – but from Fichte and Hegel. John Grierson Read Quote
When quick results are imperative, the manipulation of the masses through symbols may be the only quick way of having a critical thing done. John Grierson Read Quote
Some of us learned in a school of philosophy which taught that all was for the common good and nothing for oneself and have never, in any case, regarded the pursuit of happiness as anything other than an aberration of the human spirit. John Grierson Read Quote
For three hundred years we have had our focus on the individual. We have distinguished him from the objective world as the Middle Ages did not think of doing. We have given him the world and the universe as a playground for exploration and discovery. John Grierson Read Quote
