Almost all propaganda is designed to create fear. Heads of government and their officials know that a frightened people is easier to govern, will forfeit rights it would otherwise defend, is less likely to demand a better life, and will agree to millions and millions being spent on “Defense.”
J. B. Priestley (1894-1984) English author, dramatist [John Boyne Priestley]
“The Root is Fear,” Outcries and Asides (1974)
Quotations by:
Priestley, J. B.
Like its politicians and its wars, society has the teenagers it deserves.
J. B. Priestley (1894-1984) English author, dramatist [John Boyne Priestley]
(Attributed)
We cannot get grace from gadgets. In the Bakelite house of the future, the dishes may not break, but the heart can. Even a man with ten shower baths may find life flat, stale and unprofitable.
J. B. Priestley (1894-1984) English author, dramatist [John Boyne Priestley]
(Attributed)
When I was young there was no respect for the young, and now that I am old there is no respect for the old. I missed out coming and going.
J. B. Priestley (1894-1984) English author, dramatist [John Boyne Priestley]
(Attributed)
I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the morning.
J. B. Priestley (1894-1984) English author, dramatist [John Boyne Priestley]
Delight (1949)
Most writers enjoy two periods of happiness – when a glorious idea comes to mind and, secondly, when a last page has been written and you haven’t had time to know how much better it ought to be.
J. B. Priestley (1894-1984) English author, dramatist [John Boyne Priestley]
International Herald Tribune (3 Jan 1978)
I can’t help feeling wary when I hear anything said about the masses. First you take their faces from ’em by calling ’em the masses and then you accuse ’em of not having any faces.
J. B. Priestley (1894-1984) English author, dramatist [John Boyne Priestley]
Saturn over the Water, ch. 2 (1961)