Alexander Petruska

“I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.”
― John Locke

“People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.”
― Søren Kierkegaard

“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”
― Edmund Burke

“Naturally, the educated man does not believe in propa­ganda; he shrugs and is convinced that propaganda has no effect on him. This is, in fact, one of his great weaknesses, and propa­gandists are well aware that in order to reach someone, one must first convince him that propaganda is ineffectual and not very clever. Because he is convinced of his own superiority, the intellectual is much more vulnerable than anybody else to this maneu­ver, even though basically a high intelligence, a broad culture, a constant exercise of the critical faculties, and full and objective information are still the best weapons against propaganda.”
― Jacques Ellul, Propaganda: The Formation of Men's Attitudes