Four quotes that I like and understand from the document are 427, 375, 498, and 500. My favorite one of these quotes is number 375 by James A. Garfield, saying, "We are apt to be deluded into false security by politcal catchwords, devised to flatter rather than instruct".I found this one the most interesting because it is talking about how ads in politics don't tell the hard truth about someone/something. Instead, they tell alot of fluff to make the object look good, making people believe it is good. For example, there are certain commercials for things like medicines, and after they tell all the good aspects of the object. Then, at the end of the commercial, a deep voice speaks very quickly, and sometimes unnoticeably, about the side effects and the bad things it causes.
In terms of this quote talking about persuasion, it is saying how ads want people to see the "good" things about the object. As propaganda, the ads are trying to cover up the truth about the object, keeping them under the surface.
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