Best Quotes by Edward Bernays (Top 5)

  1. If we understand the mechanism and motives of the group mind, it is now possible to control and regiment the masses according to our will without them knowing it.
  2. The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organised habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country.
  3. We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of.
  4. Propaganda is the executive arm of the invisible government.
  5. The best defense against propaganda: more propaganda.