Harold Lasswell Professions : Political Scientist Born : February 13, 1902 Died : December 18, 1978 Browse All Authors Top 5 quotes by Harold Lasswell The essential mark of the agitator is the high value he places on the emotional response of the public. Whether he attacks or defends social institutions is a secondary matter. Harold Lasswell atheism emotional matter Politics is who gets what, when, how. Harold Lasswell Dogma is a defensive reaction against doubt in the mind of the theorist, but doubt of which he is unaware. Harold Lasswell atheism doubt mind So great are the psychological resistances to war in modern nations, that every war must appear to be a war of defence against a menacing, murderous aggressor. There must be no ambiguity about whom the public is to hate. Guilt and guilelessness must be assessed geographically and all the guilt must be on the other side of the frontier. Harold Lasswell hate guilt war Political science without biography is a form of taxidermy. Harold Lasswell taxidermy political science Similar Authors Andrew Hacker political-scientist Andrew Kohut political-scientist Andrew Bacevich political-scientist Alan Wolfe political-scientist Iris Marion Young political-scientist Achille Mbembe political-scientist All Authors
