Quotes About Manipulation

La meilleure facon d'imposer une idée aux autres, c'est de leur faire croire qu'elle vient d'eux

Have you ever stood still while someone lied to you? If so, you know the sickening feeling. Your brain wants to make the situation less disturbing, and oh, how you want to convince yourself the liar is telling the truth.

Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles.

POLITICIAN, n. An eel in the fundamental mud upon which the superstructure of organized society is reared. When he wriggles he mistakes the agitation of his tail for the trembling of an edifice. As compared with the statesman, he suffers the disadvantage of being alive.

But a voting-machine that human ingenuity can not pervert, human ingenuity can not invent. That

MACHINATION, n. The method employed by one's opponents in baffling one's open and honorable efforts to do the right thing.

LAWFUL, adj. Compatible with the will of a judge having jurisdiction. LAWYER, n. One skilled in circumvention of the law.

HISTORY, n. An account mostly false, of events mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers mostly knaves, and soldiers mostly fools.

PLEASE, v. To lay the foundation for a superstructure of imposition.

Sin has many tools, but a lie has a handle to fit them all.

Democracy is a wonderful thing, Mr Burnham,' he said wistfully. 'It is a marvellous tamasha that keeps the common people busy so that men like ourselves can take care of all matters of importance. I hope one day India will also be able to enjoy these advantages—and China too, of course.

He said: 'You don't understand. We never thought that we were being used to conquer people. Not at all: we thought the opposite. We were told that we were freeing those people. That is what they said—that we were going to set those people free from their bad kings or their evil customs or some such thing. We believed it because they believed it too. It took us a long time to understand that in their eyes freedom exists wherever they rule.

When men spoke of changing the world, they always meant to suit their own interests.

Give me only evil men for friends, Verturio wrote. Them I understand.

If you can't make your enemies trust you, you can at least make them mistrust each other.

A good liar tells as much truth as he can. That way you never know what you're getting.

Magic is the art and science of forcing things to behave in ways that are not in their nature.

And loyalty? A trick those with power played on those without to make them act against their own interests.

Good treachery takes effort.

It's a newsbill. They tell you what's happening.' Orso thought about that. 'Or they tell you what to think about what's happening.' He thought more. 'Or the really successful ones just confirm what you already think about what's happening.

It wasn't lost on Vick that he was giving her the same compliments she'd just given Tallow. Some people you reel in by making them think they need you. More often, it's making them think you need them. People want to feel good about themselves. Want to feel needed. Vick wondered if she'd been reeled in already. Long ago.

Laž se može pretvoriti u istinu ako se izvikuje dovoljo ?esto.

?le jej z oczu patrzy - wyszepta?a, kiedy zyska?a pewno??, ?e nikt ich nie us?yszy. - Owszem. - I ksi??? si? jej s?ucha. - Owszem. - I trafi?a tu przed nami. - Owszem. [...] Ojciec Yarvi spojrza? na ni? z kwa?n? min?. - A widzisz? Jednak znasz si? na dyplomacji.

No one had the answers. Worse. There weren't any. The best you could do was play a long con and act as if you had them. Never show fear. Never show doubt.