A dictionary of Marshall McLuhan’s quotations

[Reputedly announced in 1967-1968 while in NYC, but neither published nor recorded]
Within fifteen years an actor will be elected president.
Widely cited, likely first uttered in a lecture at Fordham, 1967-1968; among many secondary citations, Judith Fitzgerald’s Marshall McLuhan Wise Guy (2001), p 116
Quote #5650
Year: 1967
Chapter: Predictions
Compiled by William Kuhns
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