Political influence Quotes

"Propaganda is to a democracy what the bludgeon is to a totalitarian state. "

"To some degree, it matters who’s in office, but it matters more how much pressure they’re under from the public."

"Racism is not dead, but it is on life support kept alive by politicians, race hustlers, and people who get a sense of superiority by denouncing others as racists"

"I never appreciated 'positive heroes' in literature. The type of epopees written in the Soviet Union, where they were agents of the Party, meant nothing to me."