Advertisers, not governments, are the primary censors of media content in the United States today.

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Advertisers, not governments, are the primary censors of media content in the United States today.

Advertisers, not governments, are the primary censors of media content in the United States today.

Advertising - a judicious mixture of flattery and threats.

Advertising - a judicious mixture of flattery and threats.

When you have something for breakfast, you're not going to be starving by lunch.

When you have something for breakfast, you're not going to be starving by lunch.

What really decides consumers to buy or not to buy is the content of your...

What really decides consumers to buy or not to buy is the content of your...

Advertising mourishes the consuming power of men. It sets up before a man the goal...

Advertising mourishes the consuming power of men. It sets up before a man the goal...

There's no such thing as bad publicity

There's no such thing as bad publicity

If you think this is a free country, try selling something

If you think this is a free country, try selling something

Know that the amount of criticism you receive may correlate somewhat to the amount of...

Know that the amount of criticism you receive may correlate somewhat to the amount of...

We grew up founding our dreams on the infinite promise of American advertising. I still...

We grew up founding our dreams on the infinite promise of American advertising. I still...

Advertising is speech. It's regulated because it's often effective speech.

Advertising is speech. It's regulated because it's often effective speech.

It takes an ad to do that well.

It takes an ad to do that well.

The price of justice is eternal publicity

The price of justice is eternal publicity

Advertising is the life of trade.

Advertising is the life of trade.

The list of sins committed by advertising is limited only by the creativity of its...

The list of sins committed by advertising is limited only by the creativity of its...

The art of advertisement, after the American manner, has introduced into all our life such...

The art of advertisement, after the American manner, has introduced into all our life such...

Never write an advertisement which you wouldn't want your family to read. You wouldn't tell...

Never write an advertisement which you wouldn't want your family to read. You wouldn't tell...

Managing an advertising agency isn't all beer and skittles. After fourteen years of it, I...

Managing an advertising agency isn't all beer and skittles. After fourteen years of it, I...

Advertising has always been the Peck's Bad Boy of American business urging us to buy...

Advertising has always been the Peck's Bad Boy of American business urging us to buy...

What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself.

What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself.

You and I are stuck with the necessity of taking the worst of two evils...

You and I are stuck with the necessity of taking the worst of two evils...

Censorship feeds the dirty mind more than the four-letter word itself.

Censorship feeds the dirty mind more than the four-letter word itself.

The one irrefutable lesson of the entire postwar period [is] contradicting the notion that rigid...

The one irrefutable lesson of the entire postwar period [is] contradicting the notion that rigid...