The fact of knowing how to read is nothing, the whole point is knowing what to read.
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Thinking has become a superfluous exercise... purely internal, without compelling force, more or less a game.
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In sum, thought and reflection have been rendered thoroughly pointless by the circumstances in which modern men and women live and act.
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The orchestration of press, radio and television to create a continuous, lasting and total environment renders the influence of propaganda virtually unnoticed precisely because it creates a constant environment.
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Mass media provides the essential link between the individual and the demands of the technological society.
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All human language draws its nature and value from the fact that it both comes from the Word of God and is chosen by God to manifest himself. But this relationship is secret and incomprehensible, beyond the bounds of reason and analysis.
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