“The road to tyranny, we must remember, begins with the destruction of the truth.” Bill Clinton, [William Jefferson Blythe III] (1946- ), 42nd US President. Source: speech at the University of Connecticut, Oct 15, 1997. Source Reference Bill Clinton Quote

“I think the subject which will be of most importance politically is Mass Psychology. …It’s importance has been enormously increased by the growth of modern methods of propaganda …Although this science will be diligently studied, it will be rigidly confined to the governing class….

“Academies that are founded at public expense are instituted not so much to cultivate men’s natural abilities as to restrain them.” Baruch Spinoza, (1632-1677). Source Reference Baruch Spinoza Quote

“The party … must not become a servant of the masses, but their master. … The unity of a nation’s spirit and will are worth far more than the freedom of the spirit and will of an individual; and that…

“The battle for the world is the battle for definitions.” Noam Chomsky, (1928- ) American linguist and political writer. Source Reference Thomas Szasz Quote

“For those who stubbornly seek freedom, there can be no more urgent task than to come to understand the mechanisms and practices of indoctrination. These are easy to perceive in the totalitarian societies, much less so in the system of ‘brainwashing under freedom’ to which…

“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.” Joseph Paul Goebbels, (1897-1945) Nazi Propaganda Minister. Source: Diary, 14 March 1943. Source Reference Joseph Paul Goebbels…

“When a man assumes a public trust, he should consider himself as public property.” Thomas Jefferson, (1743-1826), US Founding Father, drafted the Declaration of Independence, 3rd US President. Source Reference Thomas Jefferson Quote

“Wise politicians will be cautious about fettering the government with restrictions that cannot be observed, because they know that every break of the fundamental laws, though dictated by necessity, impairs that sacred reverence which ought to be maintained in the breast of rulers towards…

“Are right and wrong convertible terms, dependant upon popular opinion?” William Lloyd Garrison, (1805-1879) American abolitionist, journalist, and social reformer. Source Reference William Lloyd Garrison Quote

“He who sees the truth, let him proclaim it, without asking who is for it or who is against it.” Henry George, (1839-1897) American political economist. Source: The Land Question, 1881. Source Reference Henry George Quote

“There is no inherent misdirection in holding unorthodox views. Indeed, the autonomous individual, free from compulsive conformance and unquestioned assumptions, is likely to be unorthodox… They stimulate the climate of controversy without which political democracy becomes an empty formalism.” Snell Putney, Source: The Adjusted…