# Quote — Gertrude Stein, Paris France

> Propaganda is not French, it is not civilized to want other people to believe what you believe because the essence of being civilised is to possess yourself as you are, and if you possess yourself as you are you of course cannot possess any one else, it is not your business.

- Author: [Gertrude Stein](https://www.leafyquotes.com/gertrude-stein.md)
- Book: [Paris France](https://www.leafyquotes.com/gertrude-stein/paris-france.md)
- Page: 56
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/gertrude-stein/paris-france/propaganda-is-not

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