Propaganda is a soft weapon; hold it in your hands too long, and it will move about like a snake, and strike the other way.
Source: Warwick, in The Lark, adapted by Lillian Hellman, 1955.
-- Jean Anouilh, (Jun 23 1910-1987), French dramatist, screenwriter; He was one of the strongest personalities of the French theatre whose plays expressed personal messages and grudges against specific persons.