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

When we consider propaganda as the attempt to shape the thoughts and feelings of others, in ways conforming to the aims of the communicator, we find a vast array of different examples throughout history.

In a general way, a major goal of the propagandist is to seek some kind of authoritative backing for the belief he or she is propagating.

There are many other ways in which language can be used to manipulate an audience. one obvious way is to simply lie.

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

The special harm attaching to prior restraint is that the government can keep materials from reaching the public, so there can be no accountability, no judgment by the people that the power to suppress was wrongly exercised.

The specific media may change, but the principles of human nature have remained fairly constant over the millenia.