When you give false information you tend to restrict the freedom of choice to others.

We live in a time when complex ethical questions are easily subordinated to the demands of efficiency, profit maximization, and maintenance or furthering of political power.

Anyone familiar with the marvels of the Worldwide Web can hardly fail to see that we have entered a new era in communications on a scale perhaps comparable to the invention of the Gutenberg press.

Once we recognize the power of propaganda, we need to ask whether its exercise is consistent with those democratic ideals to which lip-service is commonly accorded.

The liar wants to be believed, but lying undermines the foundation for credibility.

When we look for propaganda, we have the obvious job of asking what messages are being propagated.

It is true that advertising often gives information and is valuable for doing so, but some forms of advertising give precious little information, and even that little is wrong.

There is arguably something wrong with a method of persuasion that cannot pass the test of publicity.

Since the time of Plato and Aristotle philosophers have had an interest in taking note of common fallacies in reasoning.

Propaganda analysis can contribute to world peace by exposing those techniques that lead to armed conflict by creating misapprehension of reality.

In modern times sound policy-making must often come to grips with numbers.

Was there a drain?''No. There was no drain. There isn't one even now'.

And so what do dogs want? They want what they want when they want it. Just like us.

Induction makes you feel guilty for getting something out of nothing, and it is artificial, but it is one of the greatest ideas of civilization.

Initial response illustrates a great deal about someone's personal philosophy.

I may like the Blizzard best, of all the songs I have written

Lightning makes no sound until it strikes.

I often stand by the merchandise booth, point to a poster and tell people, 'That's me.'

There are a few things that make me angry. Mostly things not going my way.

I don't want to cry. Everyone will make note of my tears and I'll be marked as an easy target. A weakling. I will give no one that satisfaction.

A frozen daiquiri of a scorching afternoon is soothing. It makes living more tolerable.