There are many special interests skilful at manipulating circumstances and communications in such a way as to benefit their own ends and not necessarily the public good.

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

If war is glorified, it tends to eclipse the policies it is meant to serve.

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

Down to the present day the luminous image of democracy has often served as a pretext for the most undemocratic actions.

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.

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